Holga Finken – On your seat, not on your hands

December 3rd, 2014
I love the atmosphere at Holga Finken’s training stables. Everything is so professional, and all the horses are so forward, it is no wonder that Holga is regarded as the king of the young horse championships – the Bundeschampionate... Read Article Comments Off on Holga Finken – On your seat, not on your hands
 

Klaus Balkenhol – The Masters


We so often watch the top German riders working on the Grand Prix movements that it comes as something of a shock to see Klaus Balkenhol's head rider, Stefan Wolff, working with a very very green three year old filly Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Lightness with Miguel Tavora


Light is the opposite of heavy. In Equitation a horse that is heavy in your hand can not be light. The problem is that a horse might not be heavy and yet he is not light... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA


We also used counter canter in the warm up to make the horse straighter, more through. The horse is much stronger now, more mature, which means we can start counter canter earlier on in the working session... Read Article Comments Off on Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA
 

Martina Hannöver – Arena Side – Part 2


In walk you can start making gymnastics with the horses, especially if you have one like the Trakehner which is a bit stiff in the knees and the back, he is so short, it helps him to do shoulder in, traver, renvers, half pass in walk... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Arena Side – Part 2
 

Martina Hannöver – Old friends, new friends


“Some horses just don’t get flying changes. Not all of us become professors; some of us have to teach riding. So there are just some things you can’t teach horses – some won’t do piaffe, some won’t do flying changes…" Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Old friends, new friends
 

Martina Hannöver – Riding your dressage test – The walk


Dressage trainer, Martina Hannöver looks at one of the most difficult gaits to train - the walk. Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Riding your dressage test – The walk
 

Martina Hannöver – Step by step


I teach my horses to stand square all the time. Even if I am tightening up the girth, or I have stopped to talk to somebody. I am always trying to train the horse so that it knows that under the rider it always has to stand on all four legs every time I make a halt... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Step by step
 

Martina Hannöver – All about the half pass


All Martina Hannöver’s horses have lovely half passes, so it is no surprise to find that while she was working under the late Herbert Rehbein at Grönwholdhof, he declared that she was so good at it that she could ‘train a cow’ to half pass… What is important about training a horse to half pass? […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Martina Hannöver – training the more advanced horse


Older means more experienced, it also means craftier -and 'Charlie' has a whole bag of tricks to keep the rider under his control, but Martina is quick to spot the problem... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – training the more advanced horse