Dark Horse Dressage

08/14/2024

https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2020/08/short-in-the-neck-should-we-get-used-to-the-look/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEpqsBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSjoBxbD-S-NSFGJbwEDAwC6b1MUJYFzs2H1H6MfZ_csfJ0jriT52nuqwg_aem_2iwqS_qcAUdoA71Q7uFagw

A great article.

Short in the Neck – Should we get used to the look? Posted on August 6, 2020April 12, 2024 by horsemagazine Everything that is old is new again… Back in January 2002, this paper by Albert Stecken was circulated throughout the dressage world, years later his words are still as relevant today as t...

07/03/2024

Christoph Hess on the direction dressage should be heading:
“For me, it is wrong when the rider is coming with his upper body behind the vertical. For me, the advice to every rider, is rising trot and light seat in canter, do it like this, and when you do this, then as a rider you get another feeling. Looking from the biomechanics point of view, you get more the feeling to be with the horse.” Ingrid Klimke and Damon Hill demonstrate appropriately in the CHIO Aachen warm up arena:
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2022/08/is-dressage-heading-in-the-right-direction/

06/11/2024

EDIT: Please do feel free to share/replicate/display this sign - I’d rather it went out into the world to be used freely and help horses far and wide than if it was just kept on social media!

I seem to spend a lot of time thinking about the ethics of horse sport, and whether we, as an industry, will be able to keep our social licence to operate.

Although we won’t get it right 100% of the time, I think the intent and knowledge behind our actions is a key part of the puzzle.

I have put this sign up on the gate of my arena, in the hope that it reminds me, all my clients and other users of the facilities to stop and think about our intent before embarking upon working our horses each day.

What do you think?

Photo: HDE ‘Promise to the Horse’.

06/02/2024

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03/12/2024

02/18/2024

https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2024/02/jeremy-steinberg-rider-position-a-lost-cause/?fbclid=IwAR1EjvqoXlZmtpY7JqdGRe58gy67oW1bu9Hag5Sm88OsqzoTZQKh7AGF7lI

A very well written article.

Jeremy Steinberg – Rider Position, a Lost Cause? Posted on February 14, 2024February 17, 2024 by horsemagazine I was teasing one of my riders last weekend, asking her about the wording of the rules of a canter pirouette, which she didn’t know, but was showing PSG none-the-less. I gave her a hard...

10/18/2023

Ron Postleb Clinic
Rider schedule this weekend at Darkhorse Farms
Auditors welcome $20/ day

10/05/2023

🐴 Impulsion Defined

The word impulsion is a very common term used in the worlds of Dressage and Eventing. But if you don't know what it means, it might be hard to attain - as you won't know what you are striving for. In a way, impulsion is both a mental and physical state. The horse must be truly thinking forward to have impulsion. And he must have stored energy in his body, that is just waiting to be released in a forward (or upward) direction. He also must be relaxed to allow that energy to come fully through his body.

Click on the link below to learn all about impulsion - understand what it really means, and learn how to achieve it with YOUR horse 👇👇👇

https://www.myvirtualeventingcoach.com/articles/impulsion_defined

10/03/2023

Our last instalment of classical system clinics will be happening Oct 20-22nd with Ron Postleb. Auditors welcome! $20/day

http://www.crowndressageinternational.com/

10/01/2023

A big thank you to everyone who made the Christilot Boylen clinic a success! Much valuable insight into the Classical System.

09/24/2023

Excited for tomorrow!

Thank you again to our sponsors, riders and Christilot. It takes a community to make an event like this happen!

09/20/2023

THIS SUNDAY/MONDAY!!!
Christilot Boylen clinic
September 24th & 25th

ATTENTION AUDITORS!! PLEASE register to audit (you can pay once you arrive cash, etransfer, debit and credit card accepted)DM or contact [email protected]

Consider bringing your own chair as seating may be limited. Please come dressed for the weather as the arena is covered with open sides.

Check out the map of the property, we ask ALL auditors please park near the front of the property off the driveway in the hay field. Don’t forget to check in at auditor registration and get your auditor package!

GREAT NEWS! For those joining us Monday, we will likely have our amazing food truck available so if you miss out on the tasty food Sunday, you can get a taste on Monday (food truck food sold seperately). We will have complimentary coffee available both days.

THANK YOU!

09/18/2023

THIS JUST IN!!!!

Harmony by Ritchie Smith Feeds is sponsoring our Christilot Boylen clinic along with our other amazing sponsors!!

THANK YOU!!!

09/18/2023

We want to say a big thank you to these local North Okanagan and Shuswap businesses for helping support and sponsor our Christilot Boylen clinic THIS UPCOMING Sunday September 24th & Monday September 25th.

It takes a community to make these events possible. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT!
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09/13/2023

09/11/2023

09/08/2023

Holistic Horse Clinic Schedule for this weekend September 9-10th

07/09/2023

"Adopt a classical position, resist all fads and gadgets and ride the horse quietly and softly between the two straight lines of the stirrup leather and the elbow to the horse's mouth. It's simple. It's just not easy." ~ Jim Wofford

Want more Woff? Check out his latest article about the future of horse sports in the Olympics >> http://practicalhorsemanmag.com/article/jim-wofford-future-of-horse-sports-olympics-52860