Dressage – The Horse Magazine

Miguel Tavora – Coming away from the bit

April 15th, 2025
Miguel Tavora told us: "True Lightness is the perfect obedience of the horse at the slightest indications of the hand or the heels of the rider.” Read Article Comments Off

Working with Lisa Wilcox and Ernst Hoyos – and a tribute to Relevant

November 3rd, 2024
Ernst Hoyos works with Lisa Wilcox and the stallion that won her a Medal at the WEG in Jerez, Relevant... Plus some great work with young Rubinstein stallions with both Ernst and Lisa riding... Read Article Comments Off

A special Special at Aachen

July 7th, 2024
Christopher Hector goes to Aachen. What would he find? Good dressage, bad dressage? Turns out a bit of both but some super new horses on the scene. Read Article 3 Comments »

Geldings and Ghosts – the sires of the future?

June 30th, 2024
Smart mare owners follow the competition results to find a likely sire for their next foal. Well right now there are some likely options that thanks to the magic of frozen semen, and the whims of their owners, are either geldings, or long dead! Read Article Comments Off

Short in the neck – long in the neck

June 22nd, 2024
Christopher Hector asks - do we have to get used to dressage horses being ridden in a very tight, high outline or is a longer, softer neck still an option? Read Article 3 Comments »

WADA out-of-control!

May 2nd, 2024
Dressage rider, Morgan Barbançon has been banned for three months, WHY? Has the anti-doping authority got way out of control? You decide... Read Article Comments Off

Salvino retired!

April 5th, 2024
One of the more wonderful dressage horses of modern times, Salvino has been retired... Read Article Comments Off

Nuno Oliveira, and his Treasure Trove of Equestrian Wisdom

March 22nd, 2024
We celebrate one of the worlds great horseman, Nuno Oliveira, with a new collection of his early writings... Read Article 5 Comments »