Pammy Hutton on setting achievable targets, and riding schools’ plight
We’ve had no choice but to stay positive this winter while training at home. To all those who have stuck with it outdoors in force 10 gales and sub-zero temperatures, I salute you! My goals may not be as high as they once were, and many riders are in the same boat. But achieving daily […]
“He tries his heart out for me every time we go down the centre line, and I just have to hang on for the ride”
It’s all thanks to the determination of his only rider that this sensitive gelding defied the odds to become one of dressage’s inspirations, discovers Alice Collins
It’s all thanks to the determination of his only rider that this sensitive gelding defied the odds to become one of dressage’s inspirations
Olympic gold medallist Laura Tomlinson shares some invaluable training tips and tricks to incorporate into your own schooling
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The proposal to allow bitless dressage was put forward on sporting fairness and welfare grounds by several riders whose horses can no longer be bitted owing to dental reasons
Not everyone makes the jump from young riders to elite level. Eleanor Jones finds out just what it takes to step up to the highest echelons of the sport
What does it take to reach the top? A good rider and good horses, of course. But what else does a young rider need to become one of those at the elite levels of our sport? “There’s so much more to the job than just being a good rider,” says Pippa Funnell. “You could go […]
Anna Ross on the ethics of the 2021 Games, and remote teaching anecdotes
Dry January is over, thank goodness, the da odils are coming out and I’m counting the days until spring. As the vaccine works its way through the population, we are starting to see a faint light at the end of the tunnel. In the equestrian community, we have been so fortunate to have horses throughout […]
Following the FEI’s announcement that triming horses’ whiskers would be banned from this July, some British governing bodies have followed suit. H&H finds out more
REMOVING horses’ whiskers is set to be banned at national level dressage and eventing. Following the FEI’s decision to ban the removal of “sensory hairs”, which comes into force this July, British Dressage (BD) included the following in its 2021 rule changes: “Trimming of the horse’s sensory hairs around the mouth, nose, eyes and ears […]
Classical dressage trainer Diane Thurman-Baker on the power of working in-hand and taking a bit-part in a popular TV series
I grew up in Turville, famous for being the location of The Vicar of Dibley. In fact, I appear in some episodes riding one of the Lusitanos we had at the time. My parents started a riding school when I was about ve so I was always around horses. My sister and I both live […]
Steffen Peters continued his winning streak from 2020 into 2021 when he claimed his 17th consecutive international victory at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (GDF) in Wellington, Florida. Steffen rode his Tokyo Olympics team hopeful Suppenkasper to a solid win in the CDI4* grand prix special on 30 January. The pair, who are unbeaten in […]