Transformations

A few weeks ago I wrote about a mare I’ve been working with. I’d only had a handful of sessions with her at that time. We’ve since had a few more sessions together. Each time the mare has improved dramatically. I just love seeing these kinds of...

The Right Way

On the DressageDisgrace.com site there is a discussion about some videos which have been posted as representatives of the ‘right way’ to do dressage. The idea is to identify riders who are not using rollkur as a regular part of their training program and...

Gerd Heuschmann Clinic Review

Gerd Heuschmann is a German veterinarian who is also a dressage rider. After years of seeing the damage inflicted on horses as a result if incorrect riding he began to change his own riding methods and starting ‘treating’ horses by first asking owners to...

Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling Interview

No, it isn’t going away and that is a good thing.  On Sunday, the folks at DressageDisgrace.com hosted a teleseminar with Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling to talk about the history of rollkur and how it has lead to the death of the spirit of the horse.   This was a...

Classical Schooling with Kalman de Jurenak

Right now, I don’t know if I’m inspired or just plain envious.  Lovely horses, ridden beautifully.  This was an interesting video because it begins with a rider on a 3 year old horse who had just been ridden a few times.  The horse is calm and relaxed and...