Saddleworld Rising Star: August

July 31st, 2016
Meet the Saddleworld Rising Star for August - twenty-two year old dressage rider, Amy Reilly... Read Article Comments Off on Saddleworld Rising Star: August
 

EA Australian Youth Dressage Championships

July 27th, 2016
There’s a lot of talk these days bewailing the decline of youth. They’re all on their devices taking selfies with no life goals but to have their Facebook likes maxed. The EA Australian Youth Dressage Championships highlighted quite the reverse... Read Article Comments Off on EA Australian Youth Dressage Championships
 

Germany’s New Stars of 1991!

July 20th, 2016
Interviews by Chris Hector and Birgit Popp and Photos by Roz Neave and Kit Houghton Perhaps the most amazing thing about the German dressage scene is their ability to produce new and wonderful horses out of no-where. At Aachen this year, three young woman riders – Heike Kemmer, Isabell Werth and Monica Theodorescu -produced some of […] Read Article Comments Off on Germany’s New Stars of 1991!
 

Jeremy Steinberg – more words of wisdom

July 1st, 2016
Last time we featured an interview with Jeremy it went viral. Dressage fans all over the world reacted (mostly positively) to the American coach’s frank assessment of some of the world’s leading riders and the current state of dressage. Not surprisingly, Rebecca Ashton asked Jeremy for a follow up… Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Countdown to Rotterdam

June 29th, 2016
All the Australian dressage contenders are over in Europe now, fine tuning their horses for the final selection trial. LYNDAL OATLEY Lyndal Oatley didn’t have the greatest start to her selection campaign, when her horse, Sandro Boy, was not fit to travel to Odense for the first of the qualifiers… How is your road to […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Mary Hanna – Dressage Rider – Part Three

June 27th, 2016
In part three, Mary Hanna continues talking about her riding career, and philosophy of dressage training... Read Article Comments Off on Mary Hanna – Dressage Rider – Part Three
 

A Masterclass with Hans Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen

June 22nd, 2016
Rebecca Ashton sits in on the Queensland Master Class… She also took the photos but as you might have figured for yourself, clever as she is, she can’t write and click, and took these photos at another clinic at Brett Parbery’s in NSW… Above: Hans Heinrich works with Brett Parbery and Larenzo Hans Heinrich Meyer zu […] Read Article Comments Off on A Masterclass with Hans Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen
 

A walk in the park… Dressage Selection at Odense


Australia’s first selection event for the dressage for Rio was held in Odense, hometown of storyteller H.C Andersen. The show ground is in the middle of city, a huge green area, but it would prove to be no walk in the park for the combinations entering. Read Article Comments Off on A walk in the park… Dressage Selection at Odense
 

Judges Clinic at the Sydney CDI

June 16th, 2016
Rebecca Ashton reports from the post Sydney CDI, judges clinic... Read Article Comments Off on Judges Clinic at the Sydney CDI
 

Mary Hanna – Dressage Rider – Part Two

June 15th, 2016
In part two, Australian dressage rider, Mary Hanna continues talking about her riding career, and philosophy of dressage training... Read Article Comments Off on Mary Hanna – Dressage Rider – Part Two