Dressage – Page 63 – The Horse Magazine

The Basics of Dressage with Christian Thiess: Riding the horse into the outside rein

April 7th, 2017
Through engaging and bending the horse's inside hind leg, the rider will be able to influence and engage the horse's outside hind easier and therefore push the horse from behind into the bit. This will cause the horse to accept the bit. The horse is said to be 'in front of the rider's legs'. Read Article 3 Comments »

Meet the Saddleworld Horse of the Month – Johnny Johnson to his friends

April 6th, 2017
Meet the Saddleworld Horse of the Month - Johnny Johnson. Johnny is the first Four Year Old to be Champion of Champions at DJWTS Read Article Comments Off

Finding the Correct Way of Dressage Training with Stefan Wolff

March 23rd, 2017
German professional Stefan Wolff trained with Klaus Balkenhol - and it shows! This gifted trainer is putting the classical principles into practice. Read Article 1 Comment »

Stefan Wolff gives a lecture: Throughness

March 16th, 2017
Story and Photos – Rebecca Ashton Stefan Wolff on Throughness. As the Bereiter for Klaus Balkenhol, young Stefan got plenty of both. Klaus is a very practical straight forward sort of trainer, but he is also steeped in the German tradition and the Classical Principles. After leaving Klaus, Stefan trained in the USA where he competed […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Sven Rothenberger – the ‘forgotten’ man of dressage…

March 13th, 2017
Birgit Popp interviews 25-year-old Sven Rothenberger 1992 has brought some highlights, with your marriage to the Dutch dressage rider Gonnelien Gordijn, you graduated as a Bachelor of Science from university and placed second in the Volvo Dressage World Cup Final at Gothenburg. But then a disappointment, missing a place in the German Olympic team, and […] Read Article Comments Off

Working with Champ and Malcolm Barns – Part Two

March 3rd, 2017
In part one, we left Champ happily lunging with master dressage trainer, Malcolm Barns. This time, Samantha Bartlett is back in the saddle and Malcolm is happy with the quality of the work he is seeing... Read Article 1 Comment »

Introducing Collection with Christopher Bartle: Part One

February 27th, 2017
Christopher Bartle begins a series on dressage – covering elementary to FEI level movements, and you will find that he is as accomplished a dressage coach as he is an eventing coach… Christopher Bartle was seventh in the Grand Prix Special at the LA Olympics, fourth in the European Dressage Championships in 1985 and second […] Read Article 1 Comment »

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