Dressage – Page 65 – The Horse Magazine

A lunge lesson with Malcolm Barns

November 17th, 2016
Malcolm Barns was one Australian rider who realized that travel to Europe was absolutely essential if his understanding of the Equestrian Art was to progress. Malcolm studied in England and in Germany - and took the (at that stage) unthinkable gamble of shipping his Thoroughbred stallion, Hawa Mahal over with him. ‘Aubery’ performed with distinction in Europe, and returned to Australia where he sired many very good dressage horses, and died only recently. Read Article Comments Off

Saddleworld November Rising Star: Annie Simmons

November 16th, 2016
Eighteen year old Annie Simmons won the FEI Young Rider CDI-Y Individual test at the Australian National Championships on her mare Florett while also coming second in both the CDI-Y Teams test and Freestyle. Originally from the Northern Territory, Annie grew up, “…two hours out of town on a mango farm.” So why the horses? “It’s […] Read Article Comments Off

Australian Dressage Championships

November 11th, 2016
It was a story of ‘The Next Generation’ at the Nationals this year. From 18 year old Mary Warren beating the “older riders” in the Grand Prix Freestyle with her 24 year old coach Elliot Patterson, to 27 year old Alexis Hellyer winning the Inter A and B classes. The top three of the Inter 1 freestyle were all under 33... Read Article Comments Off

Making it on your own! Rebecca Ashton profiles Allison Brock…

November 10th, 2016
Rebecca Ashton profiles the newest star on the American dressage team – Allison Brock! Rebecca also took the photos… Allison Brock was a member of the bronze medal winning US Olympic dressage team at Rio. The 36-year-old upped and left home in Hawaii as a teenager and through sheer hard work, has reached the top of […] Read Article Comments Off

IAHP November Rider of the Month

November 2nd, 2016
Mary Warren had the weekend of her life at this year’s Australian Dressage Championships. Successfully competing her eight year old Mindarah Park Raphael in the FEI Young Rider CDI-Y classes, she went on to pleasantly shock us all by winning the Saturday night Willinga Park Grand Prix CDI-W Freestyle with a score of 71% on her 13 year old stallion (and Raphael’s Dad) Mindarah Park Ramadan. Because that wasn’t enough pressure for the 18 year old, she also sat her HSC maths exam in-between tests! Read Article Comments Off

Making contact… Stefan Wolff in Australia

With contact being the main point of discussion, it can only mean one thing. We must be at a Stefan Wolff clinic. The young German trainer, a regular to our southern shores for many years now, was back at Lesley-Ann Taylor’s property making sure this important concept was being well understood by Australian riders. Read Article Comments Off

The dressage competitions of the Bundeschampionate…

October 5th, 2016
Thomas Hartwig reports from the Bundeschampionate... Read Article Comments Off

From the Archives: An Eye for a Horse

September 28th, 2016
Here we have three Arab bred horses, all looking to a career in dressage. We asked Malcolm Barns who has had enormous success in the dressage area with Arabian bred horses - first with Rami - then on Christopher - to give his expert opinion. Read Article Comments Off

The Riding Masters – Dr Wolfgang Holzel

September 23rd, 2016
Wolfgang Holzel was a great teacher and theoretician, and a stalwart defender of the Training Scale... Read Article 2 Comments »

THM Exclusive: Carl Hester De-Brief

September 2nd, 2016
Chris Hector caught up with Carl Hester at Rio... Read Article Comments Off