The Walk of your Horse: An Underestimated Gait
In this article you will find out why paying more attention to your training in walk will help your riding, with the likelihood of making more advanced movements easier to ask for and achieve.
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The Ultimate Guide to Helping your Horse Building Back Muscles
Whoever wants to ride wants to do so on a horse with a well-trained musculature. Because we all know that this is a huge factor in maintaining long term health and soundness.
Protecting your Horse’s Legs: Boots or Bandages?
Are bandages or riding boots better to protect our horse’s legs? Or perhaps it would be healthier not to use them at all?
Tackling the Speed Trial Obstacles in Working Equitation
The speed trial is the final test during Working Equitation individual competitions and the next to last in team competitions. It is thrilling to watch a great horse and rider win this portion of the competition because it takes hard work for both.
Lateral Exercises in Dressage: From Leg Yield to Half Pass
The first-time seeing dressage in action is much like watching magic. The complexity and discipline required to execute such intricate, sophisticated patterns and maneuvers is almost unbelievable.
Riding a Correct Dressage Halt: How to Score Points at Competitions
There’s one thing that can help you collect extra points at your next dressage test: riding a good dressage halt! That’s because a good halt counts as much as other “more difficult” dressage skills.
Flaxseed oil for horses – Effects, application & dosage
Flaxseed oil is probably the most commonly used oil for horses. But what makes this oil so popular? In this article, you’ll learn everything you
Lunging: Vary your Training with Cavaletti Exercises
Lunging training over poles and Cavaletti is a particularly worthwhile exercise: your horse is stimulated to push off with more intent.
Interval Training for Horses: The Ultimate Guide
Nowadays interval training is used in many areas of equestrian, but most commonly in eventing and endurance. This is because high levels of stamina are required.
3 Cavaletti Exercises for your Horse
Cavaletti exercises are a great opportunity for horses of all ages and levels to get in some gymnastic work.
Groundwork: Introducing your Horse to In-Hand Exercises
As an introduction, here are three tips from Kathrin Roida on how you can exercise your horse, for both beginners and advanced riders.
To Blanket or not to Blanket? The Ultimate Horse Blanket Guide and Compendium
Why is it that horses actually wear blankets, and is the act of turning out horses in the winter without a blanket an act of neglect, or is it the owner’s choice as to whether or not to fit their horses with this winter attire?
Get to know… Riding Well Explained with Britta Schöffmann
Britta Schöffmann is a horse trainer with all her heart. Everyone who sees her teaching, whether live and in person, or on our instructional videos,
10 Facts About Working Equitation
In this article dedicated to Working Equitation, German high-level rider Birte Ostwald explains what makes this discipline so fascinating. You’ll learn how it works.
Flexion and Bend – Why is it so important in riding?
The basis for all riding: without flexion there is no bend, and without bending there is no straightening and gymnastics. So it’s important to learn
What Riders Equipment Do You Need When Competing?
While rules can be quite relaxed when you are just competing against friends, when you start competing at a more serious level, you need the right equipment.
Showjumping Distances: An International Guide!
In order to ride combinations and distances confidently, it is important for the rider to know how to measure the distances between two jumps as well as how many strides are needed.
A Good Farrier is Hard to Forget: The Importance of Farriers & Their Role in Equine Healthcare
A horse farrier is a professional who is trained to care for equine feet. He or she possesses knowledge in both biology and anatomy and has studied the physiological needs and makeup of horses at length.
10 Exercises for Improving your Riding Seat
“One of these days I’ll have to do something about my riding seat!” – who among us hasn’t thought this? Simply starting will help considerably.
Arthritis in horses – causes, symptoms, & treatment
Arthritis in horses is a chronic degenerative joint disease. It can have a significant impact on your horse’s mobility, well-being, and quality of life. But
Mastering Competitions: Tips For Successful Dressage Tests
Competitions can and should be fun for horse and rider and also a great addition for training and overall progress. This article wants to inform you about how riding a dressage test can be successful and fun.
Introducing the Rider’s Aids to Young Horses
The rider has three aids that connect him to his horse and that serve as means of communication: The leg aids, the weights aids and the rein aids.
Riding your Horse with Soft Hands
The ability to ride your horse with soft, quiet hands is the first step towards developing an even, elastic contact to the bit and, therefore, with the mouth of your horse.
The most effective warm-up exercise for riders
If you get on your horse after you’re warmed up, you make the ride easier for yourself and the horse. Seat problems are also easier
3 Secrets to Good Riding from Olympic Medalist Ingrid Klimke
Ingrid Klimke is a revered Olympic medalist and has received countless prizes and awards for her successes and accomplishments. Also, Ingrid Klimke is renowned worldwide
Lacking straightness? These exercises will help any crooked horse!
Every horse is born unbalanced. If things go wrong on their own in the pasture, the horse can usually figure it out. However, when the
Is it horse-friendly? Train your eye to recognize good horse training
It’s time to train your eye for horse-friendly training! There has been criticism of dressage for years, and not always without reason… All too often
5 Rules to Develop More Swing in Your Dressage Movements
“Real” momentum in dressage not only looks good, it is also a test of proper training. In this article you will find out what a correct swing looks like, how you can improve your horse’s swing, and which five rules you should definitely keep in mind when developing swing.
The Fundamentals of Driving in Equestrianism
It doesn’t matter if the driving sport is used for leisure or competition, if it is with a single, a pair or a four- in- hand carriage or with horses or ponies- anything is possible!
Thrush in Horses – Causes, Treatment & Prevention
Among the most common and persistent hoof problems in horses is thrush. It often occurs in the spring and fall and is promoted by wet
The Lipizzan – Origin, Character & Suitable Disciplines
The Lipizzan is one of the oldest European horse breeds, known for its graceful appearance and its talent in classical dressage, the High School. It
Success is Just Around the Bend: Tips for Developing the Bending Dressage Horse
Flexibility. It’s one of our most important traits. Life is all about flexibility. Whether it’s preparing for a last-minute meeting, dealing with a change in plans for your dinner date, or simply embracing a spontaneous moment during this great adventure we call life, everyone needs to be flexible. Everyone needs to have a little bend. So do horses; especially in the complex arena of the world of dressage.
Course jumping: 4 preparatory exercises for success
Preparation is half the battle – this also applies to jumping courses. Just going for it is not the right strategy here. It’s safer and
Preparing the Endurance Horse: Two Minds; One Vision
Nothing in life illustrates the human condition more profoundly than a person’s resilience—an individual’s ability to overcome the adversity they meet over the course of their life with grace; with fortitude.
Training Young Horses: Mounting for the First Time
This is Part 2 of young horse training at Gut Rothenkircherhof.
Save the Date: wehorse, Europe’s Leading Online Learning Platform for Equestrians, Celebrates North American Start with Live Online Festival on Sept 12, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Europe’s largest online learning platform for equestrians, wehorse, is hosting a live and interactive online festival on Sunday, September 12. This event
How to Stay Safe in the Saddle (No Matter What Happens!)
Stay safe, no matter what! Eventing trainer Chris Bartle explains the right seat for difficult situations while riding and if you’re dealing with a bolting
