Reports Index

Shows

De Koeyer and Kooijman Win 2012-2013 KNHS CHIO Cup

20/06/2013

2012-2013 KNHS CHIO Cup

Dutch junior rider Jasmien de Koeyer and young rider Stephanie Kooijman won the finals of the 2012-2013 KNHS CHIO Cup show circuit held during the 2013 CDIO Rotterdam on Wednesday 19 June 2013. The CHIO Cup is an important show circuit for Dutch junior and young riders and counts as observation trial for team selection for the European Championships.

Training

Classical Training: Dealing with a Tricky Horse

09/06/2013

Training Your Horse

The true art of dressage is not in winning prizes or doing tests or even in showing off the talent and skill of horse and rider, it's in the training. There is no greater reward for a rider than when they take a challenging, difficult or "given up on" horse and work with him, encourage him, foster him, motivate him, and eventually enable him to reach his full potential.

Walks

Carola Koppelmann Starting Over with Desperado OLD

03/11/2012

A Walk on the Premises

At age 34 Germany’s Carola Koppelmann has had more Grand Prix horses than some riders will ever train in their whole career. Having recently retired her top Grand Prix horse Le Bo, the Warendorf based Koppelmann is rebooting her competition career with the Oldenburg gelding Desperado OLD.

Interviews

Johanne Pauline von Danwitz, Germany's Not So Secret Junior Rider Weapon

01/06/2013

Young Guns in Dressage

German Johanne Pauline von Danwitz has become a rising star in Germany now that she has infiltrated the junior riders division. A successful pony rider at national level, Von Danwitz is now hitting the big league since she stepped aboard experienced German YR team horse Habitus. One to keep your eye on, Johanne won the 2013 Preis der Besten for juniors, which serves as major qualification trial for the European JR/YR Championships.

History

An Evening Dedicated to Classical Dressage and Harry Boldt

04/10/2012

2012 Great Evening of Classical Riding

Just one day after her appointment as chief German team trainer, Monica Theodorescu took part in an evening dedicated to classical dressage and former national coach Harry Boldt. The evening session was organised by the Personal Members (PM) of the German FN on 6 September 2012 and took place at the German Horse Museum in Verden, the home-town of the late Holger Schmezer who had followed in the footsteps of Boldt and Balkenhol during difficult times for German dressage.

Real Estate

La Capcana: Gorgeous Renovated Watermill with Equestrian Facility near Barcelona

01/01/2013

Archive Tours

Classical Training: Dealing with a Tricky Horse

09/06/2013

Training Your Horse

Classical Training: Spirit of the Horse

22/05/2013

Training Your Horse

I often mention the importance of the mental side of dressage, but this mental side is a two part story, one of horse and one of rider. The mentality of the horse, his personality, his joy, his free spirit, is equally as important as the rider's own mental concentration. Not only must the two minds work together, but for those really top marks, the performances that give the audience butterflies in their stomach, is created only when the horse's personality is allowed to shine through.

Classical Training: Letting Go of Your Equine Partner

10/05/2013

Training Your Horse

To be at the top of dressage you have to have an amazing relationship with your horse, no question. Training a horse to Grand Prix not only takes talent and skill but also a great deal of knowledge of and respect for your equine partner. Some riders make their way to the top and are then given great horses to ride. Others are still finding their way: when a top horse enters their life, it teaches them and pretty much ignites their dressage career. So how do riders cope when a horse is taken from them?

Data Collection and Repetition: The Art of Decisive Dressage Training

03/05/2013

Training Your Horse

One of our world's greatest rider's once said that dressage is all about repetition. That is not to say that you should go around and around hour upon hour. It means that we must do, reflect, correct, and repeat, until we feel we have perfected or at the very least slightly improved upon the time before.

Classical Training: The Art of Letting Go - Part 4

01/05/2013

Training Your Horse

Today I was reminded yet again just how much of our sport is mental. One of my horses is young and boisterous and I have heaps of fun on him. The other is shy and self conscious and, well, a worry wart! After my ride on the second today, I stared into his eyes, with tears in mine. Sounds pathetic or corny, I know, but I was just so ashamed of myself.

Classical Training: Letting Go of a Social Life and Bank Balance

16/04/2013

Training Your Horse

There are two things for certain in the world of dressage: one is that your friends and family will get very used to telling people that the reason you are not attending the party/dinner/anniversary/parade/gala/whatever is because you are with the horses. The other is that you can kiss goodbye any chance of having a happy savings account.