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Category: Dressage

Simone Pearce – Out of Nowhere?

June 25th, 2015
I must confess I hadn’t heard of twenty-four-year-old Simone Pearce until she popped up on my Facebook, inviting me to ‘like’ her page, which I did. It’s a starry sort of page, with some very glamorous photos, some even have horses in them. Read Article Comments Off on Simone Pearce – Out of Nowhere?
 

IAHP July 2015 Rider of the Month

June 24th, 2015
This month’s International Animal Health Rider of the Month is Brett Parbery – winner of the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special at the Sydney CDI. Brett was riding DP Weltmieser, by Weltmeyer out of a Dutch Gold mare and bred by Susie Duddy. ‘Rabbit’ as he is known in the stables is not […] Read Article Comments Off on IAHP July 2015 Rider of the Month
 

Johan Hamminga: Sitting in the hall, watching great training – Part Two

June 17th, 2015
We are visiting our friends, Johan Hamminga and Jennifer Sekreve in Holland. Outside it is freezing cold, inside you don’t notice the temperature because you are too focused on the dressage brilliance in front of you… Read Article Comments Off on Johan Hamminga: Sitting in the hall, watching great training – Part Two
 

A Dressage Kaleidoscope at the Sydney CDI

June 1st, 2015
The winners, Brett Parbery and DP Weltmieser Words by Christopher Hector & Rebecca Ashton and Photos by Roz Neave & Rebecca Ashton Christopher (Grumpy Old Man) Hector hits the outrage button at the Grand Prix: It really should have been a day of triumph for Australian dressage, twenty-five entries in the Grand Prix, held in […] Read Article Comments Off on A Dressage Kaleidoscope at the Sydney CDI
 

Dressage Training – Contact, and how to get it…

May 28th, 2015
Why are we so obsessed with contact when it is just one of the many qualities we are looking for in a ‘well dressed’ riding horse? German dressage trainer, Anna-Sophie Fiebelkorn explains Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Tanase Peckham & Winterstern – Working with Stefan Wolff

May 27th, 2015
Our latest series with the German dressage trainer, Stefan Wolff started with a Grand Prix horse, then a Prix St Georges horse, and now we finish our working session with a Medium level horse, Tanase Peckham’s five-year-old Winterstern. Read Article Comments Off on Tanase Peckham & Winterstern – Working with Stefan Wolff
 

Nadia Coghlan – Australian Grand Prix Champion


Nadia studied dressage in Germany and came home to Australia to win the national title... Read Article Comments Off on Nadia Coghlan – Australian Grand Prix Champion
 

Jean Bemelmans & a road well traveled… Part One

May 26th, 2015
Jean Bemelmans is a one of the world's most respected dressage coaches - coach of the Spanish team, now the French team, Jean is also an original thinker... Read Article Comments Off on Jean Bemelmans & a road well traveled… Part One
 

Jean Bemelmans and a road well traveled… Part Two


It is always a special privilege to watch Jean Bemelmans teach and ride, even if this time it did mean freezing in the arctic temperature of the riding hall at Ratingen just outside Dusseldorf. Read Article Comments Off on Jean Bemelmans and a road well traveled… Part Two
 

More Adventures in the incredible life of Hannah Dodd

May 22nd, 2015
Australian Paralympic Dressage Rider, Hannah Dodd continues to push the boundaries... Read Article Comments Off on More Adventures in the incredible life of Hannah Dodd