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All Star – From the Verden auction arena to international limelight

September 22nd, 2017
All Star - another star from the Verden Auction - and there are more stars to be found at the next one... Read Article Comments Off

European Championships 17 – Dressage Teams Day

August 24th, 2017
Teams Day Two ended in a most predictable way…Germany gold. Silver went to the youngest team in the competition, the Danish who edged out home team Sweden to third. Isabell, Dorothee, Helen and Sönke, predictably the Germans take Gold Danish coach Princess Natalie’s trust in her fabulous riders was confirmed and she later confided in […] Read Article Comments Off

Meet the Saddleworld (little) Horse of the Month – BB to his friends

June 6th, 2017
Rebecca Ashton meets BB Kamber Pryderi and Fern Wright have been a team for a very long time, 11 years in fact. The pint sized Welshie’s personality dwarfs his 150cms and has helped him to dressage victories against the ‘big horses’ at the top level. BB and Fern back in 2012, competing Prix St […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Travel with us to the WEG next year – September 10 – 24, 2018

April 26th, 2017
Why should we be so excited about the next WEG? Because it is only the second World Equestrian Games to be held in a state-of-the-art purpose built equestrian centre (the other, of course, was Aachen, and we know how fantastic that was…) The Equestrian Centre at Tryon has already hosted top level dressage, showjumping and […] Read Article 53 Comments »

Discovering Hanover – Part 2

March 28th, 2017
Part tour of our 1991 tour with the Hanoverian study group - it's fascinating to see how much has changed... Read Article Comments Off

Young Dressage Horse Seminar Warendorf – Part 3

March 8th, 2017
Some of Germany's finest dressage riders and trainers assemble at Warendorf for one amazing seminar... Read Article Comments Off

More of Vince Corvi’s words to remember…

December 9th, 2016
Why do Australians have to lop the heads from their tall poppies? In any other country in the world, a man like Vince Corvi would be a national treasure. A consummate horseman, a renowned showman, and, a superb teacher of riders! Read Article 2 Comments »

From the Archives: Sally Swift and the Alternative!

November 18th, 2016
Sally Swift arrived in the 80’s as the first Guru of Alternative Riding. Gone the rigid discipline of the Cavalry School, and in its place the touchy feely world of Centred Riding. “The ultimate goal of Centered Riding is not to be a discipline unto itself. It must go forward in its purest and least […] Read Article Comments Off

Rebecca in Rio…

October 7th, 2016
It was an excited Rebecca who got the call up to help cover the Rio Olympics. I knew some of what to expect: sun and relief from a chilly Sydney winter, good sport and plenty of insect spray. I didn’t expect to be offered a room with a double bed to be shared with my […] Read Article Comments Off

Hanoverian of the Month: Corona

September 1st, 2016
As newcomers in international jumping competitions, Corona and Marilyn Little won the FEI-World Cup Grand Prix in Ocala/USA in March 2016. The friendly blonde rider usually successfully competes in eventing. She also breeds horses. Twelve-year old Corona by Cordalme/Lenz xx (breeder: Udo v.d. Haar, Ankum) is well known in the circle of jumping riders. David […] Read Article Comments Off