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Category: Dressage

Shannon Tonkin takes a lesson with Bimbo Peilicke

December 3rd, 2014
Siegfried ‘Bimbo’ Peilicke is a legend in Germany – he is a trainer’s trainer, a man with a legendary eye and the expertise that comes from having produced scores of FEI dressage horses. In Australia, we are lucky that the then twenty-one year Glennis Scott struck up such a warm friendship with Bimbo in the […] Read Article Comments Off on Shannon Tonkin takes a lesson with Bimbo Peilicke
 

Sjef Janssen – An interview


My equestrian career started when I was twenty eight years old, married, and on my way to the tennis court several times a week, I took my little daughter with me and we would pass a meadow, and there was a foal in it. She liked that foal, so stupid as I was, I decided to buy it... Read Article Comments Off on Sjef Janssen – An interview
 

Sjef Janssen – Explains his training system


Even with very simple stuff - make a decent transition, make the horses give in, make the horse go over the back, reaction to the actions of the aids - four or five simple things, and 99 out of 100, cannot do it... Read Article Comments Off on Sjef Janssen – Explains his training system
 

Sjef Janssen – talks about the aids


    Sjef Janssen came to horses relatively late in life, but lost no time in first carving a career for himself as an international Grand Prix competitor, then, with his partner, Anky van Grunsven, establishing himself as one of the world’s great dressage trainers. Chris Hector took time out to chat with Sjef – […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Susan Pape – Riding Young Dressage horses


Susan Draper is one of the riding world’s little secrets. In Germany, Susan is widely known and respected as a wonderful rider and in particular a producer of young horses... Read Article Comments Off on Susan Pape – Riding Young Dressage horses
 

The Art of Riding – A series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 1


A horse has to be 'forward for the legs' of the rider. This means that the horse must react actively and quickly to the leg aid of the rider, by going forward... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – A series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 1
 

The Art of Riding – a series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 2


Some horses appear to go freely forward as if they are almost dancing, without effort of the rider. Often one sees quite large horses performing brilliantly for quite small lady riders... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – a series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 2
 

The Art of Riding – A series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 3


Horses as a hunted species are passive thinkers. They concentrate on eating large quantities of grass and run away from danger... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – A series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 3
 

The Art of Riding – a series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 4


When riders refer to 'the seat', the tendency is to think of the bottom in the saddle. But, of course, our whole upper body is used to influence the horse... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – a series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 4
 

The Art of Riding – A series of Articles by Bert Hartog: Part 5


Now we have control of the horse - legs, seat and hands. The time has come to make use of it... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – A series of Articles by Bert Hartog: Part 5