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Dressage Disgrace’s teleseminar with Klaus Hempfling on Rollkur was illuminating – it is important that we have these conversations, and I would like to thank Mark from Dressage Disgrace for making this conversation possible.
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What did Klaus say?
Klaus said that the dignity of the horse is lost, his sight is hampered and respiration is hindered when [...]
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Over on Twitter, TrotonTV (John Bethell) wanted my thoughts on Anky van Grunsven’s reply about her student Patrik Kittel’s ‘Blue Tongue’ video recording, now being investigated by FEI. (I also wrote about it here).
140 tweet characters does not allow a particularly thorough reply!
So John, here you go…
We must use a degree of caution, knowing that [...]
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How do you know when you have acquired the skill level to safely and confidently ride your horse over fences so as not to encumber him?
If you can fulfil the requirements below, you are well able to begin the work towards jumping:
Are you able to shorten your reins at all gaits without disturbing your horse, [...]
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It was a charismatic Steffen Peters who so willingly and humorously shared his training insights at New Zealand’s Regional FEI Dressage Forum on 12 and 13 September,and I’m sure glad I was there! In Aotearoa (NZ) we are merely a wee cocoon stuck to a distant tree, far removed from the influence of top (and [...]
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Following on in our series of insights from one of the most important Western horsemen of recent time, we continue with ideas and concepts from a Ray Hunt clinic, held in New Zealand in February, 2002.
The horse knows you 20:1
If the horse feels ‘empty’ between hand and leg, do something with hands and/or legs to [...]
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