Dressage – Page 64 – The Horse Magazine

Teaching with Touch – Linda Tellington-Jones and the TEAM method

January 17th, 2017
Linda Tellington-Jones… Fake or Genius? There have been horse wizards since the birth of time. The whisperers, the Circus Professors, the legendary tamers who could work marvels with rogue horses… but when the show is finished, have they left anything that the average horseperson can take home and use? But Linda Tellington-Jones is no average […] Read Article 1 Comment »

At home with (three fifths of) the Family Rothenberger…

January 16th, 2017
A visit to the family Rothenberger is a stimulating experience on about half a dozen levels. Just walking around the magnificent Gestüt Erlenhof is quite thrilling - this is one of Germany’s great historic stud farms... Read Article 10 Comments »

Kalman de Jurenak and the horses of Hannover

January 3rd, 2017
Kalman de Jurenak was one of a number of very talented instructors who came to Australia from Europe at the end of WW2, for a while he was assistant national coach, before he returned to Germany to take charge of the riders at the famous Verden Auction. Kalman eventually returned to Australia where he spent […] Read Article Comments Off

Paul Belasik today…

January 1st, 2017
Chris Hector catches up with Paul Belasik ahead of his new series of articles in THM... Read Article Comments Off

Art or Circus…

December 20th, 2016
Henri van Schaik was a welcome contributor (and witty correspondent) to The Horse Magazine, throughout the 80's. When he died in 1991, the dressage world lost one of the great defenders of the classical tradition... Read Article Comments Off

More of Vince Corvi’s words to remember…

December 9th, 2016
Why do Australians have to lop the heads from their tall poppies? In any other country in the world, a man like Vince Corvi would be a national treasure. A consummate horseman, a renowned showman, and, a superb teacher of riders! Read Article 2 Comments »

Life after the Dream Team – Carl Hester

December 3rd, 2016
It was never difficult for Carl Hester to get talked about. Firstly it was the boy from Sark who learned to ride bareback on the horses used to drive tourists round the tiny car-free Channel Island. Then there was the success on a series of horses at Young Rider level... Read Article Comments Off

The Masters at Work – Vince Corvi and Terry Cowan

December 1st, 2016
Two of the great names of Australian showing, Vince Corvi and Terry Cowan, combine for a clinic session that is really Championship quality… Words and pix – Roz Neave Group lessons are not something we see often in Australia. Once the Pony Club years are over, if we have a riding lesson it’s usually on […] Read Article 4 Comments »

Warm Up with Malcolm Barns

November 22nd, 2016
Principles of the Warm up “That the horse should be ‘on the bit’ in all his work should need no detailed elaboration. All sorts of excuses are offered to explain a failure to comply with the requirements. The horse is said to be too young: he has only been out of his stable for ten […] Read Article Comments Off

From the Archives: Sally Swift and the Alternative!

November 18th, 2016
Sally Swift arrived in the 80’s as the first Guru of Alternative Riding. Gone the rigid discipline of the Cavalry School, and in its place the touchy feely world of Centred Riding. “The ultimate goal of Centered Riding is not to be a discipline unto itself. It must go forward in its purest and least […] Read Article Comments Off