Dressage training – Page 8 – The Horse Magazine

Top Tip with Laura Graves

February 4th, 2021
Laura Graves with Rebecca Ashton at the QSEC Masterclass Connection for me, is the energy from the hind leg into the contact. The rider’s job is to show the horse the feel.We know we must ride back to front, which is all true, but the second part to the equation, to get the horse sharp […] Read Article Comments Off

Training Horses the Ingrid Klimke Way

February 1st, 2021
In a great new book, Ingrid Klimke takes the reader behind the scenes as she talks about her methods, her mentors, her team... Read Article 6 Comments »

Top Tip from Hubertus Schmidt

January 31st, 2021
Chris Hector asked Hubertus Schmidt: What is the secret to being able to have your horse balanced, riding from behind and not just pulling the head and neck in? “I don’t think it is a secret. Years ago, you and I discussed it, and then I was talking about my system, about the stretching in […] Read Article Comments Off

It’s all in the hands… Herr Kukuk

January 26th, 2021
There's magic in the air, magic that makes an old man dance his way around the indoor, teaching young horses an art as old as horsemanship. Herr Kukuk is 74 years young, and one of the great masters of in hand work... Read Article Comments Off

Beginning the Big Tour with some sensational horses, riders and trainers

January 18th, 2021
Brilliant horses, wonderful riders, great trainers combine for an amazing seminar - as they discuss, and demonstrate, the steps on the way to Grand Prix... Read Article 1 Comment »

Gerd Heuschmann – Dressage to improve not wreck your horse!

January 15th, 2021
If you care about dressage - if you care about horses - read this! Gerd Heuschmann is brillliant... Read Article 8 Comments »

Tip from the top: Hubertus Schmidt on piaffe and passage…

January 13th, 2021
One of the modern dressage masters, Hubertus Schmidt has some tips to help you with piaffe and passage... Read Article Comments Off

Showing the horse the way to the ground – with Christian Thiess

January 11th, 2021
The tests, or 'truth-stones', include the full halt, medium trot and piaffe, plus one test that has the advantage over all the others in that it can accompany the horse throughout his entire development… Showing the horse the way towards the ground. Read Article 7 Comments »

Jane Savoie – A tribute

January 6th, 2021
The American dressage team rider, author and coach, Jane Savoie has died. We pay tribute to her with an extract from her first book that explains how to correctly lengthen your horse's stride... Read Article Comments Off

Pole Dancing for Horses – Exercise 2

December 28th, 2020
Lesley Brodbeck is back with another simple and effective pole exercise to improve your horse's way of going... Read Article Comments Off