Dressage – Page 26 – The Horse Magazine

Top Tip from Jonny Hilberath, German Coach

March 17th, 2021
Top Tip from Jonny Hilberath, German team coach You see these open mouths/ tight necks. What’s the basic missing? “The correct moving of the back – the contact forward from the hand. It is the wrong pressure in the horse; the wrong tension in the horse also mental tension in the horse because the mouth […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Top tip – winning young horse classes

March 14th, 2021
Judge (and former Grand Prix dressage competitor) Dietrich Plewa talks getting the points in Young Horse classes at a Seminar at the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf: “It is very important to find the right speed for each horse.” Hanoverian, Horatio by Hochadel out of a Matcho mare, ridden by Dorothee Schneider, one of those consummate German […] Read Article Comments Off

Jean Bemelmans Modern Master Part 3

March 13th, 2021
Jean Bemelmans is one of the world's most successful dressage coaches - and he is also one of the most articulate. Join him as he schools pupils and horses at his German training centre... Read Article 3 Comments »

Emile Faurie – Dressage Masterclass

March 12th, 2021
British dressage trainer, Emile Faurie conducts a Master Class. Emile has many, many exercises to use and tells us clearly how doing those exercises is going to improve your horse's performance... Read Article Comments Off

Susanne Miesner – the training scale is not a cake!

March 11th, 2021
This is one of the most fascinating interviews we have ever published, Susanne Meisner sheds new light on an old topic - the Training Scale... Read Article 1 Comment »

The Classical Principles Really Do Work – with Johan Hamminga

March 9th, 2021
The classical principles really do work – and the result is beautiful Training with Johan Hamminga and Jennifer Sekreve Story Christopher Hector, Photos – Roslyn Neave It was five years ago when we first met Johan, everything about the Hamminga stables and training area rang true. Clean, neat, tidy, the tack in its place, […] Read Article Comments Off

Connection – Where to now?

March 5th, 2021
Connection is one of the crucial questions in modern dressage, German rider, trainer and theoretician, Susanne Miesner looks at the issue... Read Article 4 Comments »

Gerd Heuschmann asks: Is it really trot??

March 2nd, 2021
Gerd Heuschmann discusses how to make, or break, your horse… Carl Hester and Uthopia show us the suspension phase in a true trot Jennifer Sekreve shows us a loose back in true trot “What I want to say is, if at this centre of movement, the back is not loose, then it influences the movement […] Read Article Comments Off

Tips from the Top with Harry Boldt

March 1st, 2021
Harry Boldt was perhaps the most successful dressage trainer of modern times. His teams were virtually unbeatable, his methods? The German Training Scale pure and simple. No gimmicks, nothing new - just the principles, but applied with the eye of a true horseman... Read Article Comments Off

The rise and rise of Simone Pearce

February 26th, 2021
Simone Pearce just keeps on producing brilliant horses and stunning performances - catch up with all the latest news from Simone.... Read Article 1 Comment »