Dressage – Page 18 – The Horse Magazine

How to Take a Riding Lesson and Get Your Money’s Worth

October 21st, 2021
Paul Belasik is one of the modern world's great defenders of the classical principles of dressage and civilised riding, in this new article he points the way for you to get the most out of your dressage lesson... Read Article 1 Comment »

Jean Bemelmans – Understanding your horse

October 19th, 2021
Jean Bemelmans, Master Trainer, tells us: As a trainer you cannot look at the technique ONLY, first you have to look in the eyes of your horse, you have to ask, what does this horse want? Does he want more training? Does he want less training? Is he happy? Read Article Comments Off

Putting the horse on the bit – Gently

October 16th, 2021
Nuno Oliveira, Portuguese Riding Master told us: “Normally speaking, a horse should be trained to remain well balanced first, concentrating on rounding his paces, and augmenting his hind legs’ action to compliment the forelegs’ paces. Any extension should not be achieved through the reins’ force, but rather by lowering and empowering the haunches. This […] Read Article Comments Off

Dressage: Jean Bemelmans Teacher

October 14th, 2021
Jean Bemelmans is simply an exceptional trainer of dressage horses, a horseman who combines the classical principles with cutting edge competition skills... and a dash of Pat Parelli Read Article Comments Off

Choose yourself a champion…

October 13th, 2021
Choose yourself a rising three-year-old colt from these three colts at the KWPN Colt Selection. The first is by the same sire as Jessica von Bredow Werndl’s Olympic and European Champion, Dalera! Here’s Easy Game, the sire of this colt and Dalera among other successful competitors Easy Game And his dam sire, Flemmingh, who also […] Read Article Comments Off

Contact – What is good contact?

October 12th, 2021
What is contact? Light? Heavy? How do we establish good contact? We turn to some of the great equestrian authorities of all time - and some modern luminaries - to help shed light on this vexing concept.... Read Article Comments Off

The aids and the horse: A classical approach

October 9th, 2021
One of the great classical teachers of modern times, Henri van Schaik, explains the aids, and how to use them... Read Article 1 Comment »

Self carriage is essential for all riders and horses

September 29th, 2021
Self Carriage is for horses and riders – Dr Andrew McLean tells us: “The horse must travel in-hand and under saddle free of any constant rein or leg pressure, otherwise he will switch off to them. The concept of self-carriage seems simple enough. It means that the horse self-maintains his own rhythm, tempo, stride length, […] Read Article Comments Off

Simone Pearce – the ups and downs

September 24th, 2021
For dressage rider Simone Pearce the last couple of months have been a roller coaster ride, a triumph at Aachen, not so wonderful at the Olympic Games... Read Article 1 Comment »

Carl Hester Top Tip

September 20th, 2021
Carl talks about a ‘dip in front of the wither’, it’s not good, what we can do about it? With correct stretching you can see the dip fill up – Carl demonstrates “There were two horses in the Clinic that had it. The first horse I felt it was more just conformation – its neck […] Read Article 4 Comments »