Dressage – Page 15 – The Horse Magazine

A. L. d’Endrödy: Give your horse a chance

January 1st, 2022
Creation of easiness is one of the most important tasks both of the rider's and the horse's schooling. It should be improved to the highest possible standard by painstaking exercises in accordance with the innate dexterity and inclination of the partners. Read Article Comments Off

The Young Dressage Horses of the future…

December 27th, 2021
Who are the exciting young dressage horses coming on the German competition scene? Where do they come from - and what's their breeding? Christopher Hector looks at this year's Burg-Pokal and Louisdor championships... Read Article Comments Off

Harry Boldt on how dressage horses have changed…

December 16th, 2021
“In 1975, I had great luck to get Woycek. He was my best horse. He was nine years old and started his first year in Grand Prix, but the owner needed money and had to sell, and that was my chance. I found a sponsor who bought the horse, and had five very successful seasons […] Read Article Comments Off

On the way to Grand Prix – working with Ferrero

December 15th, 2021
It's a long road to Grand Prix, we look back four years to when Jennifer Sekreve was training Ferrero on his way to Grand Prix - this week he made it! The classical principles in action... with some great photo! Read Article Comments Off

Who are Germany’s top dressage stallions?

December 8th, 2021
The new breeding values of the German FN have been released - we analyse this annual who's who of dressage breeding and find there are some new faces on the rankings.... Read Article Comments Off

Christoph Hess – Dressage Tests – Do they test our training?

December 6th, 2021
Judge, educator, trainer and communicator, Christoph Hess asks how can we make sure that our dressage tests really do test the correctness of our training.... Read Article 3 Comments »

The Principles of Horsemanship: Pressure / Release

December 2nd, 2021
The first principle is that the removal of any pressure reinforces the behaviour immediately before the removal. This is the principle of negative reinforcement... Read Article 2 Comments »

Andrew McLean on the Crucial First Training Principle

November 26th, 2021
Andrew McLean and the First Principle - This is the principle of negative reinforcement. I think what we need to recognize, is that when we train horses we are duty bound to perform negative reinforcement correctly... Read Article Comments Off

The 2021 WBFSH Breeders Standings

November 22nd, 2021
We look behind the scene to find the people who make horse sport happen - the breeders. Who were the most successful in dressage, jumping and eventing in the past twelve months - and which studbooks came out on top... Read Article Comments Off

Linda Foster & Mauritius, working with Stefan Wolff

November 17th, 2021
Stefan Wolff is the heir to the German Classical tradition, his training sessions are alive with ideas, but always following the all important Principles... sit back and enjoy one of his lessons Read Article Comments Off