Rhythm – You’ve Gotta Have It!
How to discover your rhythm and keep up with your horse We all have heard riding instructors say to ‘get out of our horse’s way’. This can mean many things, from soft hands to...
Category: Horse Training
Riding to Music? Easier than you may think!
Riding to Music is not rocket science – but it can be load of fun! Here 10 easy steps and resources to get you started.
How to Chose a Bit that Works for Your Horse
5 Questions that help make the right choice. Bitting is a complicated topic, but I hope to make it a little easier for you to ask yourself the right questions. The answers to those...
What Exactly is Dressage? Or “How fancy are your pants?”
“Does Dressage Need a Makeover to Attract a Mass Audience?” This headline appeared in social media this morning, linking to an article by a British horse magazine. Below it, a young rider in a...
On rope halters, hackamores, bitless bridles—’natural’ or potentially harmful?
WARNING: This article was posted 4 years ago. Experience now proves that this article may send some readers into a flying rage or emotional outburst, which is then expressed in very long emails or...
Preparing for Extremes: German Mounted Police Training
When it was clear that I needed to travel to Germany short notice due to family circumstances, I knew that I wanted to take the opportunity to visit the State Mounted Police North Rhine...