June 1st, 2025
Step two: Relaxation, Elasticity & Suppleness, as we climb the Classical Pyramid with dressage star, Steffen Peters. Read ArticleNo Comments »
May 30th, 2025
The classical training scale is the basis of all equitation. Master trainer, Steffen Peters, will walk you through the levels one by one...
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February 12th, 2025
Top American dressage competitor, Steffen Peters proves that he is just as talented at helping riders and their horses. enjoy this brilliant clinic... Read ArticleComments Off on A clinic with Steffen Peters
October 30th, 2024
THM visited Ulla Salzgeber at home in the lead-up to the Jerez WEG. Ulla and Rusty had just become European Champions, and were tipped to win at Jerez. Ulla rides Rusty and talks about the German system... Read ArticleComments Off on At Home with Ulla Salzgeber
September 2nd, 2024
Contact is not determined by the weight you have in your hand, that’s a mistake a lot of riders make, they think contact is weight. Contact is that the horse has the desire to follow the bit at all times... Read Article7 Comments »
March 22nd, 2024
This extract discusses the key concept of relaxation... Good performance always depends on relaxation; it is a basic requirement for specialisation in all branches of competitive riding.
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January 1st, 2024
Why Classical Training? Listen to Hubertus Schmidt: we have a book, and it says, this and this, that is the right way. It takes you all the way from the warm up – making the horse loose and supple, step by step to the next point to higher collection... Read Article2 Comments »
December 29th, 2023
Six years after his death, we pay tribute to Miguel Tavora. This article celebrates his teachings and the lessons of the great masters whose wisdom he passed on to countless riders...
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November 2nd, 2023
Dressage star Steffen Peters teaches correct, horse friendly dressage... The bottom line has to be that it is true dressage, that we go back to self carriage, suppleness…”
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September 23rd, 2023
A horse needs to be loose, supple, forward, straight, engaged with good balance and impulsion, to start collected work. These qualities are mostly developed by lateral work... Read Article1 Comment »