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Dec 6

German Dressage Test with Comments from the Judge

Klasse A

We ride our dressage test and now if the elements went good or bad. We also get a certain feeling, horse felt forward and felt great, lack of impulsion, etc. Or you feel you showed a great middle canter and your left shoulder in had to be next to perfect. Then you get the test results back, usually after quite some time (half an hour or more). And what happened? The jury had to have judged a totally different combination, because the test results are different from how you experienced them. Read more

Nov 21

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From Forward to Reverse, Oops

I get stuck in reverse

There I was with my big mouth going on about black and white and no shades of grey. Well, Beau turned very black and white as well. Going forward and forward and halt, no, let’s go in reverse. Duh? And no matter how hard I try, I cannot find first gear of the D from drive. But I can walk through the arena in reverse. Read more

Nov 16

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My Seat or rather My Body Language as Rider

Another moment to practice my German – Oktoberfest

They make some very good equestrian videos in Germany. Good thing is that I really get to practice my German. Bad thing is that I need to google some essential words as otherwise I don’t have a clue what they truly mean. Read more

Oct 25

How to Bandage the Legs of Your Horse

Always looks very nice those white bandages

Using bandages on your horse’s legs. or rather putting them on correctly, is an art by itself. Some don’t believe in them and rather wear boots. My horses wear boots, but when Charlie still had shoes on and had his ‘einschuss’ leg, I had to use bandages as there were no boots large enough to fit that leg.

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Oct 12

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No Brazilian Ear Trim for Horses Anymore

Ears need a bit of wooly in the inside

I just read that it will be no longer allowed to completely remove facial hair of your horse. And by this I mean the sense hairs round the mouth and the hairs in the ears. In the future it will be included in all the official guidelines for breeding, sport and equestrian businesses. And then you are not allowed to participate in any events, competitions or even breed is your horse has completely shaven ears. In Germany it is already forbidden by law.

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Oct 9

Record Amount for a Totilas Foal

Samhitas, most expensive at € 250,000

On October 5-6 Oldenburg Stud held an elite auction in Vechta. It broke all records. Wow, the results are very impressive, especially since horse sales have not returned to the pre-depression level. It is still slow. They auctioned off both riding horses and foals. Read more

Sep 17

From Glocks to Dressage

I gotta move it, move it!

From weapons to dressage, quite a change. I never knew you could build such an empire with the manufacturing of guns, but then again I am quite naive. Now they have built a new standard for dressage and training facilities in Austria and have signed on the much deserving team from Harskamp (the Netherlands).

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Sep 13

Dover’s Notes to Kyra Kyrklund

Dover at WEG

I ran across a very interesting post on Dover’s World by renowned former US Olympic dressage rider Robert Dover. He was asked by Kyra Kyrklund, the IDRC (International Dressage Riders Club) president, to take notes on his findings of the 2012 London Olympics. What can be learned from these Olympics, what went great and what could be improved. As Dover is not a member of the committee, he felt free to publish his notes on his blog Dover’s World. His notes are very interesting and well written. I will post them here for you. But I advice you to visit his site and read the comments. These are just as interesting as Dover’s notes.  Read more

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