Perfect Partnership with Hans-Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen
Hans-Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen shows how great training and riding can be elegant, simple and horse friendly. Read Article 1 Comment »
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Hans-Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen shows how great training and riding can be elegant, simple and horse friendly. Read Article 1 Comment »
ERIK HERBERMANN: Essential Reading for Any Dressage Rider
This is one of the most important dressage articles we have ever published! From the THM archives, a classic with Eric Herbermann - one of the guardians of the Classical Principles. Read Article 2 Comments »
Andreas Hausberger – the Spanish School meets Competition dressage
Rebecca Ashton has one of the most fascinating interviews we have ever published, enjoy… When I was growing up, the Spanish Riding School was Shambhala. Given this was a time before the internet, Vienna was faraway and the only access I had to the School were magazine articles and books such as Podhajsky’s “My Dancing […] Read Article 15 Comments »
Hubertus Schmidt: The basics don’t change
Hubertus Schmidt is one of the modern masters of dressage - a rider, trainer, thinker... Read Article Comments Off on Hubertus Schmidt: The basics don’t change
The Classical Tradition, the Training Scale and Dressage Today
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 »
Christopher Hector reviews Paul Belasik’s new book…
In the past year I have been enthralled by two equestrian books that could not be more different in their form, while at the same time, sharing an awareness that the heart of dressage is to be found in balance. Miguel Tavora’s Dressage Principles and Techniques is like the most wonderful cookbook. Here there are […] Read Article 3 Comments »
Helping Hands – Sylvia Loch discusses the importance of lightness…
Sylvia Loch and helping hands - ride light, ride with beauty and make your horse happy... Read Article 3 Comments »
Sylvia Loch rides with Nuno Oliveira, Modern Master
British dressage afficionado, Sylvia Loch recounts her experiences - and lessons learnt - with the great Nuno Oliveira. Read Article 2 Comments »
Nuno Oliveira in Australia
Nuno Oliveira was one of the great modern dressage masters, Christopher Hector recalls riding with Nuno... Read Article 1 Comment »
Reiner Klimke – Dressage then, and now…
The great dressage rider and trainer, Reiner Klimke, looks at the famous gold medal winning dressage horses of 1936 and compares them with the stars of his era... Read Article Comments Off on Reiner Klimke – Dressage then, and now…