Dressage training – Page 4 – The Horse Magazine

The Ultimate Riding Lesson – Part 1

February 25th, 2022
Tad Coffin is an Olympic gold medallist, but he is also a wonderful teacher, and explainer. Christopher Hector and his wonderful Thoroughbred, Picasso took part in one of Tad's clinics, and thirty years later, every word is still relevant... Read Article 1 Comment »

Kyra Kyrklund – Developing collection

January 24th, 2022
Words of wisdom from one of the great dressage trainers and riders, Kyra Kyrklund. How do you achieve collection with your horse - and how do you ride the collected movements... Read Article Comments Off

The Dressage Talk: What makes a Grand Prix horse?

January 11th, 2022
Join in this discussion with German Dressage coach, Jonny Hilberath - just what makes a very good Grand Prix prospect? From breeding to training... Read Article 1 Comment »

On the way to Grand Prix – working with Ferrero

December 15th, 2021
It's a long road to Grand Prix, we look back four years to when Jennifer Sekreve was training Ferrero on his way to Grand Prix - this week he made it! The classical principles in action... with some great photo! Read Article Comments Off

The Principles of Horsemanship: Pressure / Release

December 2nd, 2021
The first principle is that the removal of any pressure reinforces the behaviour immediately before the removal. This is the principle of negative reinforcement... Read Article 2 Comments »

Sitting in the hall, watching great dressage training – Part One

November 8th, 2021
Christopher Hector is the observer on the wall as Johan Hamminga and Jennifer Sekreve work their beautiful dressage horses - made more beautiful by beautiful training... Read Article Comments Off

How to Take a Riding Lesson and Get Your Money’s Worth

October 21st, 2021
Paul Belasik is one of the modern world's great defenders of the classical principles of dressage and civilised riding, in this new article he points the way for you to get the most out of your dressage lesson... Read Article 1 Comment »

Dressage: Jean Bemelmans Teacher

October 14th, 2021
Jean Bemelmans is simply an exceptional trainer of dressage horses, a horseman who combines the classical principles with cutting edge competition skills... and a dash of Pat Parelli Read Article Comments Off

Contact – What is good contact?

October 12th, 2021
What is contact? Light? Heavy? How do we establish good contact? We turn to some of the great equestrian authorities of all time - and some modern luminaries - to help shed light on this vexing concept.... Read Article Comments Off

Carl Hester Top Tip

September 20th, 2021
Carl talks about a ‘dip in front of the wither’, it’s not good, what we can do about it? With correct stretching you can see the dip fill up – Carl demonstrates “There were two horses in the Clinic that had it. The first horse I felt it was more just conformation – its neck […] Read Article 4 Comments »