Dressage training – Page 3 – The Horse Magazine

Back to Basics with Princess Nathalie

July 27th, 2022
Princess Nathalie of Denmark is not only a great dressage competitor, she is a wonderful dressage trainer - it really does make a difference when the instructor has been there, done that, herself... Read Article Comments Off

Debbie McDonald – get your rider position, right!

July 21st, 2022
When Debbie McDonald speaks, it is wise to listen for she is one of the key players in the shift of international dressage to a gentler, more horse friendly style of dressage... Read Article Comments Off

Do you really know what the basics are? And how to train them…

June 10th, 2022
The basics of dressage are a mystery, they are so simple, yet so difficult to get them right. Let Stefan Wolff help... Read Article Comments Off

Klaus Balkenhol: Which way for Dressage?

June 6th, 2022
When Klaus Balkenhol speaks, the dressage world listens - an exclusive interview with the guardian of the Classical Principles... Read Article 6 Comments »

Jean Bemelmans – the total trainer

May 25th, 2022
What makes a good coach, Jean Bemelmans, Master Coach, tells us. What to look for in a coach, everything the rider, and the coach, needs to know. Read Article Comments Off

Rolkur, Dead or Alive?

May 19th, 2022
Rolkur was an issue that like no other divided the dressage world - Christopher Hector looks back at where the practice arose, and how it was eventually - largely - banished... Read Article 6 Comments »

Making dressage champions – Lisa Wilcox and Ernst Hoyos at work at the Gestüt Vorwerk

May 18th, 2022
Two great trainers and an amazing collection of horses make magic! Sit in on training sessions with Lisa Wilcox and Ernst Hoyos.... Read Article Comments Off

Miguel Tavora – The difference between Uberstreichen and Descente de Main…

They both involve breaking the contact but what is the difference between überstreichen and descente de main? Miguel Tavora explains the difference, and when you use one or the other... Read Article 1 Comment »

Dressage as Art in Competition

April 27th, 2022
It's the exercise Nuno Oliveira called 'the asprin of dressage' - the shoulder-in. Olympic dressage rider, John Winnett explains how, and when, to train this essential dressage exercise... Read Article 1 Comment »

Jonny Hilberath – what makes a great dressage rider?

April 22nd, 2022
Jonny Hilberath is one of Germany's very top dressage trainers. Assistant to Monika Theodorescu in training the German team, and a very thoughtful trainer, one who has thought long and hard about finding the way to work every horse to is greatest potential... Read Article 6 Comments »