"TEST" is a Four Letter Word - Competitive dressage has become increasingly popular with shows frequently having large classes at the lower levels. The difference between a winning ride and last place can be a matter of a few points Read More... (Added: 12-May-2002 Hits: 524 Rating: 4.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
An Introduction to Dressage - 'Dressage' put simply is the training of the horse to use his body with the suppleness and control of an
athlete aligned with the grace of a ballet dancer. The goal is that of achieving perfect performance, this
in itself being a wonderful and fascinating experience for the rider who is able to develop these
facilities in a horse. The two should then work together in harmony. Read More... (Added: 18-Jul-2000 Hits: 1872 Rating: 8.20 Votes: 5) Rate It
Ask Judy Mackay - When I go to halt my horse in a Dressage Test, he wants to back instead of standing still. What can I do?
Judy Mackay has the distinction of being the first Australian Dressage rider to be selected to represent Australia at the Olympics when she was picked in the team for the 1980 Games. Unfortunately because of the boycott, our Equestrian Team did not compete in .:, Moscow, but Judy is well and truly in the running for selection for the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles. Judy Mackay was born, and has lived all her life at Merewah, near Boggabilla, and started her riding career Campdrafting and competing in the Hacking ring. She still uses her top dressage horse, Debonair for ordinary mustering work around the property. Last Year, Judy won the Grand Prix at the Australian Dressage Championships on Debonair, and she is currently bringing on a new horse, Duell Diablo. Read More... (Added: 28-Aug-2000 Hits: 914 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 3) Rate It
Brilliant Basics with Bob Button - PART ONE - To establish the classical principles of riding there are techniques and simple gymnastic exercises that are easily understood by inexperienced young riders, and achievable by them, as well as being of benefit in the continued training of more experienced horse and rider combinations. The starting point is being able to give a horse a One Rein Stop. What we do in utilising the One Rein Stop, and then riding out of it, is excellent ground work in establishing an easygoing understanding of the correct and classical principles of riding. Read More... (Added: 24-Aug-2000 Hits: 1039 Rating: 6.50 Votes: 6) Rate It
Brilliant Basics with Bob Button - PART TWO - If you want to use your horse's natural ability to the full, and you want to learn to put him on the bit, and to use the quality of the horse's natural pace, you have to develop a feeling for rhythm. Read More... (Added: 24-Aug-2000 Hits: 699 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 5) Rate It
Collection & the Grand Prix Movements - Kyra Kyrklund is widely acknowledged as one of the world's great masters of the highly collected movements - piaffe and canter pirouette in particular, it was fascinating then, to see her starting to develop the collected movements, with Mary Hanna's Rituel.
"Before asking for collection, you must teach short steps. Teach with the hand and whip, no leg, and shorten the steps until there is nearly no trot at all." Read More... (Added: 28-Aug-2000 Hits: 1013 Rating: 9.20 Votes: 5) Rate It
Dressage - The Bartle Way - Christopher Bartle's method of training is mentally demanding for the rider, whilst challenging the horse athletically. The many exercises that make up Christopher's own personal system are well-tested on his international dressage horses and eventers . . . and what's more, they work! ANN-MAREE LOUREY sat in on a three-day clinic, while PETER STOOP took the pictures for this four-part series. Read More... (Added: 24-Aug-2000 Hits: 777 Rating: 8.86 Votes: 7) Rate It
Dressage at ROMRA : The Licensing of Professionals in the Horse Industry - The time has come, especially in classical dressage, that the need of qualified individuals in their own country be realized. The only way any country as a whole will gain proper instruction in riding - especially classical dressage - is by certifying its own instructors at all levels from the very basics through Grand Prix … at the same time, establishing and adhering to international guidelines for training, teaching and competing. Read More... (Added: 24-Jan-2002 Hits: 351 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 2) Rate It
Dressage the Bartle Way-Part 2 - In Part Two of our Clinic with Christopher Bartle, the international dressage rider-cum-international eventer continues our training in the art of improving our schooling. Words by ANN-MAREE LOUREY, pictures by PETER STOOP. Read More... (Added: 24-Aug-2000 Hits: 442 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
Easiness of Rider and Horse - The Horse Magazine is delighted to print this section from one of the forgotten classics of Equestrian Literature - Give Your Horse A Chance - by Lt. Col A. L. d'Endr%u2013dy. The author, one of Hungary's most famous riders, an instructor of instructors, and a member of the Olympic Team, commenced work on the manuscript while a prisoner of the Russians at the end of the war, and completed while the guest of the Duke of Beaufort at Badminton House. Read More... (Added: 24-Aug-2000 Hits: 538 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
Fixing Headset Faults - Sometimes, despite good training, headset faults still occur. The key is to
recognize the specific fault and then work to correct it accordingly. Read More... (Added: 20-Jul-2000 Hits: 644 Rating: 5.00 Votes: 3) Rate It
Going to Collection Laterally - Part 3 - In this third and last article I am going to talk about some lateral work I do at the CANTER to further develop collection. Read More... (Added: 31-Aug-2000 Hits: 525 Rating: 9.75 Votes: 4) Rate It
Going to Collection Laterally with Miguel Tavora - 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.
I normally start lateral work very early in the training, even before the horse is ridden Read More... (Added: 31-Aug-2000 Hits: 571 Rating: 7.75 Votes: 4) Rate It
Going to Collection Laterally with Miguel Tavora - PART TWO - We have the horse doing the shoulder-in correctly, and we are now ready to do more advanced work in order to achieve more collection.
In all the work we have done, our horse has been bent around the inside leg and moving in the opposite direction of his bend. Now he is going to be bent around the inside leg and he is going to move in the direction of his bend. Read More... (Added: 31-Aug-2000 Hits: 365 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 3) Rate It
Great Trainers (Harry Boldt) - Harry Boldt probably lays more claim than anyone to the title of 'trainers' trainer. From the years as team trainer of the unassailable German squad (now in a freelance capacity), Boldt has emerged in a unique position as not only able to help the riders, but to work with them alongside their regular trainers. Not only a mean feat of diplomacy from the man himself but a sign of remarkable respect from his peers. Read More... (Added: 24-Aug-2000 Hits: 494 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
Half Halts - Part Two - Last month, half halts were described in their basic form. To review, a half halt is an aid the rider
uses with her body to prepare her horse for a change in movement. The rider pushes down and
forward with her seat as if she is sitting on a swing while maintaining contact with her legs and
hands. The leg contact is maintained even when making a downward transition from the walk to the
halt or the trot to a walk. Read More... (Added: 1-Jul-2000 Hits: 547 Rating: 4.20 Votes: 5) Rate It
Half Halts - What Are They and When Do I Use them? - Anyone who has been remotely near a dressage rider may have heard the term, half halt. Some riders may have been taught to half halt but didn't know it had a name. Some know the term well, but have no idea what it really is. A half halt is really quite simple & can be used in all horse sports,including jumping, reining, barrel racing, & roping. Read More... (Added: 1-Jul-2000 Hits: 827 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 4) Rate It
Half Pass with Martina Hannöver - All Martina Hannöver%u2019s horses have lovely half passes, so it is no surprise to find that while she was working under the late Herbert Rehbein at Grönwholdhof, he declared that she was so good at it that she could %u2018train a cow%u2019 to half pass...
%u201CHerbert didn%u2019t like to ride half passes, so he always put me on the horses to train them.%u201D Read More... (Added: 29-Dec-2000 Hits: 664 Rating: 9.67 Votes: 3) Rate It
It's All in the Right Shoulder - Christine pursues her quest for perfecting her
riding skills, courtesy of another lesson with
Minette Rice-Edwards, who helps her overcome
the sort of problems that beset most riders -
especially those who are unaware of the effect of
their bodyweight on their horse's movement.
Minette's teaching offers practical and effective
solutions that can benefit all thinking riders. Read More... (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 489 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
Kyra Kyrklund - Kyra Kyrklund's brief biography. The page contains some commercial material, but is quite accurate. Read More... (Added: 14-May-2001 Hits: 626 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
