DRESSAGE
Highs & Lows from the FEI World Cup Weekend
Like many leaving Las Vegas, some of the world’s best equestrians came out on top — and some had empty pockets. (more…)
Golden Girls, Dressage & Why You’re Never Too Old to Chase a Dream (or Drink Champagne No Matter What!)
Like fine wine, dressage ladies just get better with age — and these “Golden Girls” are approaching magnificent. Shelley Van den Neste, their coach, shares their story.
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4 Classic, Cringe-worthy Eventing Dressage Test Comments
Enter at A… uh oh.
Team USA Dressage Olympian Adrienne Lyle Retires Wizard After Injury
A tremendous partnership on the world stage comes to an abrupt but respectful end. (more…)
Grand Prix Dressage Kid Shows Off His Moves
If only there was a co-efficient for “adorable.”
SpectraVET Performance of the Week: Totilas’ 2010 WEG Freestyle
We’ve all been looking forward to watching 2010 WEG dressage champion Totilas defend his title in Normandy. Alas, it’s not to be. (more…)
Two-and-a-half Minutes with Carl Hester
The Team GB rider discusses the challenges and rewards of training so-called “difficult” horses, his unorthodox approach to horse-keeping (his horses live out in a field!) and his WEG ride Nip Tuck. (more…)
The Secret Mating Rituals of Dressage Riders
As revealed in a just-released music video by the British band Hugh. We break it down. (more…)
Can Totilas Compete with Valegro?
After Totilas returned to competition with Matthias Rath, there is much speculation on whether or not the black stallion will meet his match with champion Valegro. (more…)
Kur Anything: How to Make Your Own Freestyle
For all those times you hear a song on the radio and think “if only I had a Grand Prix horse to ride to this,” Kristen Kovatch has your solution. (more…)
Nike Signs Its First Equestrian Athlete
Eighteen-year-old dressage rider Ayden Uhlir has become the first equestrian athlete to be signed by sportwear powerhouse Nike. The crazy part is, all she had to do was ask. (more…)
3 Oddly Appropriate Examples of Horse Dancing
Because sometimes there’s nothing better than a well-chosen soundtrack.
Before and After: What an Olympic Horse Looks Like at Age 6
That’s not a rear. That’s literally just the jump in his canter. Drool. (more…)
Carl Hester Dressage Clinic Report, in Memes
Ain’t nobody got time for 15 pages of scribbled notes, so Aussie blogger Carrot Top reassembled them à la the internet’s most beloved literary genre, the meme. (more…)
Eventing Nation: (in)Famous Dressage Movements
Ah, dressage. The epitome of equine partnership and control, our pursuit to achieve the flawless power and fluid motion of “horse ballet” yields the occasional hilarious result. (more…)
9 Reasons You Can’t Help But Love Anky van Grunsven
She’s a normal person just like you and me! Except, like, REALLY REALLY good at dressage. (more…)
Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro Have Now Broken Every Grand Prix Dressage World Record
But Totilas is still prettier, I think. (more…)
Collection Demystified, Part II
Biz Stamm shares some exercises designed to help your horse shift its center of gravity backwards, thus lightening the front end. (more…)
Dressage Spooktacular: Glow-in-the-dark pas de deux
Morgane Schmidt and her trainer, Seana Adamson, painted two horses with neon paint and then rode a pas de deux under black lights. Genius! (more…)
Maat van Uitert: Devon or bust!
Grand Prix dressage competitor Maat van Uitert is Devon bound. She updates us on her preparations. (more…)
Dressage: A tour through the Grand Prix Special
Have you ever wondered what goes through a Grand Prix competitor’s mind when they are performing a test? Our “Snowbird Diaries” columnist Maat van Uitert talks us through a recent ride. (more…)
Biz Stamm: Collection demystified
In which Biz uses a tiny plastic pig, a slinky and a live rabbit to explain one of dressage’s most sophisticated concepts. (more…)
Visualize This: Mentally rehearsing for improved show-ring performance
Is it possible to “think” your way to a better dressage score? Megan Rust shares a powerful technique she learned from her dressage instructor. (more…)
EN Today: Spanish Riding School opens its doors for the first time in 400 years
Kate Samuels reports that the Vienna institution is opening its hallowed halls to the equestrian public for symposiums and training sessions. (more…)