horsemagazine – Page 57 – The Horse Magazine

Aachen Five Star Dressage…

July 19th, 2019
Christopher Hector reports from the world’s greatest horse show… There wasn’t a great deal to enthuse about in the first groups of horses. It is a worrying situation for dressage that the gap between the top five or six and the rest seems to get wider, by way of contrast with the jumping arena where […] Read Article Comments Off

When the 4 Star becomes the All-Star

July 18th, 2019
When half a dozen of the world's top dressage combinations end up in the four star Grand Prix it makes for a truly amazing class... Read Article Comments Off

Gemma Alexander reports from where the action is – Aachen

Gemma Alexander sits in while the world's top showjumping riders strut their stuff, on the greatest stage of all, Aachen... Read Article Comments Off

At Aachen – The dressage warm ups…

Sit back in the stand and watch the world's best dressage riders and horses as they warm up at Aachen Read Article 1 Comment »

Jump by Jump with George Sanna – Part 6

July 17th, 2019
If a fence has a strong visual impact, say, a wall and a plank and rail and not much space in between, the horse is going to really look at that jump and make a strong decision on how it is going to meet it... Read Article Comments Off

Jump by Jump with George Sanna – Part 5

July 12th, 2019
With a single fence if you approach and jump it poorly, it is not such an issue because you have time to re-group and get organized for the next jump, but with a combination... Read Article Comments Off

Jump by Jump with George Sanna – Part 4

July 9th, 2019
Liverpools are really in themselves distractions, they are not jumps that in themselves – like verticals or oxers – need to be ridden in a certain way... Read Article Comments Off

Good Dressage Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated…

July 8th, 2019
Christopher Hector sits in on a clinic with Princess Nathalie. Danish dressage star, Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein has been coming to Australia on a regular basis since 2008. The intervening years have been good ones for Nathalie as she has consolidated her position as one of the world’s leading dressage competitors, and thrilled thousands of […] Read Article Comments Off

Jo Hinnemann on Contact

July 4th, 2019
Dressage trainer, Johann Hinnemann discusses 'contact' and the correct fitting of the double bridle... Read Article 1 Comment »

Jump by Jump with George Sanna – Part 3

July 3rd, 2019
Next in our jump by jump series - the oxer. I think the important thing with the oxer is the canter. The difference in the canter between the vertical and the oxer, is that the oxer canter normally has more pace, a little more forward... Read Article Comments Off