Dressage – Page 62 – The Horse Magazine

Meet the Saddleworld (little) Horse of the Month – BB to his friends

June 6th, 2017
Rebecca Ashton meets BB Kamber Pryderi and Fern Wright have been a team for a very long time, 11 years in fact. The pint sized Welshie’s personality dwarfs his 150cms and has helped him to dressage victories against the ‘big horses’ at the top level. BB and Fern back in 2012, competing Prix St […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Walk Pirouette and Half Pass with Christopher Bartle: Part Three

June 1st, 2017
British dressage star, Christopher Bartle discusses the next step on the path to collection. THE pirouette and half-pass and the related movements of renvers and travers represent the next step in the logical progression towards collection. During the basic work the lateral submission was achieved by asking the horse to move away from the inside […] Read Article Comments Off

Paul Belasik: Why are fundamental problems persisting in elite dressage? Part Two

May 27th, 2017
In an effort to understand and explain the persistence of certain fundamental problems in elite dressage, I have written a short series of articles. In the first article, I discussed the consistent misunderstanding of bend and its seismic effect on performances. In this article, I want to address hollowness in the horse’s back, which is […] Read Article 5 Comments »

Christian Thiess – Leg Yielding Part 2

May 10th, 2017
Leg yielding how to ride the various forms. Then the horse will be ready; the path to the lateral movements (shoulder fore, shoulder in, travers, renvers, half pass) is clear. Read Article Comments Off

THE SYDNEY CDI – dressage downunder

May 4th, 2017
Photo – Franz Venhaus Suzy Jarratt reports from the Sydney International Equestrian Centre An international event at an international venue with international judges – and international horses, too? There were a few. Several combinations would do well in overseas small tours but when it comes to horses and riders who could hold their own at […] Read Article Comments Off

Brett Parbery and the way forward for dressage

May 2nd, 2017
Brett Parbery talks about the way to heal the rift in the dressage world, and bring the sport back to Australia... Read Article 3 Comments »

Leg Yielding by Christian Thiess

April 26th, 2017
In this first of a two part article, Christian Thiess discusses the benefits - and dangers - of leg yielding in dressage training Read Article Comments Off

Chris Hector takes a lesson with Tina Wommelsdorf

April 19th, 2017
We published this story back in 1986, it is a sobering thought that over 30 years down the track, the same fundamental problem shows itself over and over again in the dressage arena… You’ve probably witnessed the conversation a hundred times. The horse has disgraced himself. The offence may vary. Perhaps he cantered too fast, […] Read Article 5 Comments »

Vale – Tina Wommelsdorf

April 18th, 2017
As a tribute to one of the real pioneers of dressage, and a gifted and articulate proponent of the classical principles, we re-print this article that first appeared in THM in 1986. Tomorrow we go to one of Tina’s clinics… Tina Wommelsdorf has long been one of Australia’s most successful riders, dressage trainers, instructors and […] Read Article 2 Comments »

You have to make them feel secure…

April 13th, 2017
Johannes Westendarp is one of Germany's most successful young dressage horse trainers - join him in a clinic... Read Article 1 Comment »