horsemagazine – Page 53 – The Horse Magazine

Meet Judy Reynolds, the dressage star from the Emerald Isle…

November 8th, 2019
Judy Reynolds lead the Irish Dressage team to an historic qualification for Tokyo. Rebecca finds out what makes this elegant rider tick... Read Article Comments Off

2019 PSI Auction – 4 Weeks to Go!

In less than four weeks we will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the P.S.I. Auction. We hope you have enjoyed the preview coverage on our social media platforms or via the P.S.I. website and app so far. The main catalogue displaying the entire collection of outstanding young dressage and jumping horses will be mailed out […] Read Article Comments Off

Hubertus Schmidt: The basics don’t change

October 31st, 2019
Hubertus Schmidt is one of the modern masters of dressage - a rider, trainer, thinker... Read Article Comments Off

Thoroughbred Industry Outrage – what is to be done?

October 18th, 2019
The racing industry must face up to reality - far too many Thoroughbreds are being bred, and the consequences are horrific! Read Article 11 Comments »

Cathrine Dufour – riding the wave of success

Rebecca Ashton talks to one of the most exciting new talents in the world of dressage… Cathrine and Rebecca Ashton, on the right, who took the pics, and wrote the words… Danish dressage rider Cathrine Dufour continues her incredible success. Most recently she took out the bronze in the Special at the Europeans having brought […] Read Article Comments Off

The Classical Tradition – Part 3 – The Masters of the Nineteenth Century

October 16th, 2019
In this third article of the series, we look at the development of the so-called 'classical' principles in the nineteenth century... Read Article 2 Comments »

It’s PSI Auction Time Again…

October 13th, 2019
Get ready for an amazing collection of dressage and jumping horses at the famous PSI Auction... Read Article Comments Off

The Classical Tradition, the Training Scale and Dressage Today

October 11th, 2019
This is the final in a four part series of articles that looks at the development of the principles of dressage training from the Greeks, through the Middle Ages and into the present. This article discusses the emergence of the German Training Scale and in a postscript considers the state of the art in 2019... Read Article 11 Comments »

Riding as Art: A history of Dressage: Part one – Antiquity

October 9th, 2019
This is the first of a series of articles that looks at the development of the Classical Principles of Dressage. We start with Xenophon and Greek Horsemanship, and find that the popular conception of his teachings and place in dressage is quite wrong… Read Article 7 Comments »

The Classical Tradition… Out of the Dark Ages – Riding as Art Part Two:

October 8th, 2019
What did de la Guérinière really say? How did the Old Masters train and how relevant is it today? Christopher Hector continues this series looking at the classical tradition... Read Article 3 Comments »