Leading Edge Dressage

08/25/2024

08/24/2024

From the worlds best broodmare to an amazing lesson Horse. Every time I watch someone ride this mare I fall more in love with her. She is beautiful and elegant and so talented. Her babies are as well, both have many of her qualities.

Pearleske by Rotspon/ Presidio - Oldenburg GOV

08/23/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pemgwriYqzva1fSu/?mibextid=WaXdOe

We are excited to have Lisa back to judge our September show. Be sure to sign up on

Thanks to our sponsors

08/20/2024

Note to self…

Newly scheduled USDF Virtual Education Series session - join us on Monday, September 23 at 8PM ET for “The New Rules for Equipment Checking.” As US Equestrian rules are always evolving, it is helpful to know what is expected of competitors at dressage shows. FEI Steward L3, Registered Technical Delegate, and USDF Technical Delegate Committee Chair Jean Kraus will discuss the newest rules on equipment checking for dressage competitions.

This session is free to USDF Members & is USDF University accredited.

Learn more here: https://usdf.org/education/university/virtual-education-series.asp

And register to attend here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__FPWnyPFQO24Oofacz_C9g

08/20/2024

Goals!

08/20/2024

This is a great article, understanding what you see before you make judgments is important. The more you learn, the more clear you can be about what you are seeing.

Today I would like to discuss the thorny subject of BTV (the horse’s nose being behind the vertical).. It is easy for even an inexperienced observer to notice the position of the horse’s head and neck but I would like to encourage you to take a more holistic view of the horse when assessing the ...

08/20/2024

It’s about to get Western…

Join us at Kingsview Partners’ Dressage at Devon for a full day of learning with Western Dressage Professional, Lynn Palm.

Palm is an American Quarter Horse Association judge and holds her USEF R Western Dressage Judge’s License. She continues to compete in both the United States Dressage Federation and the Western Dressage Association of America.

Palm’s competition record is second to none, having earned 4 AQHA Superhorse titles, over 30 AQHA World and Reserve Championships, several AQHA European Championships, more than a dozen WDAA World Championships, 15 USDF All Breed Awards Champions and most recently the Dressage and Western Dressage Championships at the AQHA World Show.

For more than 50 years Lynn Palm has championed the partnership of horse and rider. An international clinician and competitor, she travels extensively teaching the fundamentals of Palm Equestrian Academy throughout the country and abroad.

Join us for the Palm Equestrian Academy, Lynn Palm Seminar: “Discover Western Dressage” sponsored by SmartPak

This lecture focusing on western dressage will run from 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM, following a brief intermission, the lecture will resume at 1:30 PM and run until 3:30 PM. Stay for the evening session of Kingsview Partners’ Dressage at Devon for the highly-anticipated Brett Parbery Masterclass featuring a western dressage demonstration rider.

Purchase Tickets ⬇
https://dressageatdevon.org/box-office/

08/15/2024

Dapples, big red and babies growing up! Loving summer time❤️

08/12/2024

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNGgAKn1/
Really proud of these two and their progress!!

Check out LessonsWithLisa’s video.

08/09/2024

My Bonita has that bounce, naturally, it is the most wonderful feeling ❤️

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/qh1jbAnBJpgzV9pc/?mibextid=WaXdOe

Meet Franz Kukuk, the grandfather of the Olympic Gold Medal showjumping rider, Christian Kukuk, not surprising he’s such a great rider… Franz Kukuk told us:
“Only horses that trust, and horses that bounce, that are very supple and loose in their neck can do this work – if you don’t have that it will just become a fight. If you try to force the horse with the rein in front then you break the whole movement over the back into the hand. Only when you have that bounce and freedom, can you start a proper piaffe/passage program and it won’t turn into a really tense, forced fight.”
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/whos-who/kukuk-franz/

08/08/2024

Welcome Danni! We are so excited to watch you blossom and grow!

08/07/2024

What’s better than a beautiful bay gelding? Two beautiful bay geldings. This handsome boy is meeting his new pasture mate and Friend. We will miss him here and wish him well in his new adventures in life..

08/04/2024

Love my girls..

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/RQsFqRRZj4ruXP14/?mibextid=WaXdOe

Girl Power is strong in Paris 2024!! Several of the riders on the podium after today’s team dressage medal final have talked about their bonds with their mounts—who happen to be mares—as key to their success. Read on in today’s recap: https://yourdressage.org/2024/08/03/girl-power-is-strong-at-paris-2024-dressage-team-medal-competition/

Photo by Jennifer O. Bryant

08/03/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/u3XFxttv4bSSKPtQ/?mibextid=WaXdOe

You're never too old... Equestrians just get better with age 😉

07/29/2024

This, this is on my mind!!! Thank you for saying it.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/H9eBmYC9uZwoAMm2/?

07/28/2024

Great info!

07/28/2024

Yes!

Deciding to send your horse to a trainer is a big decision. Once your horse is off property, you have no way of knowing what is really happening to them or how they are being treated. Here are a few helpful thoughts to consider when taking the leap of faith - many can be applied equally well to finding a dog trainer!

It is always a good idea to watch a trainer prior to hiring them to help you with your own horse. When observing a session; put yourself in your horse’s hooves and see if you, as the horse, would know what the trainer is trying to teach.

How does the trainer respond when what he/she is doing doesn’t work and the horse isn’t getting it? Do they keep repeating the same thing, increasing the pressure or are there alternative approaches if something does not work? Do they become more physical and/ or upset? Remember one of Xenophon’s quotes; “Where knowledge ends, violence begins.”

Is what the trainer is saying (ie. the philosophy of his approach) and what he/she is doing the same (ie. working without fear or force AS LONG AS the horse co-operates) but if the horse doesn’t then the trainer gets rough.

If the horse is having problems does the trainer consider looking for physical reasons, or saddle fit or do they see everything as a behavior or attitude problem.

Take responsibility – for not tolerating abuse and remember that one person’s abuse is another’s acceptable training method. It always depends on your point of view and the type of relationship YOU want to have with your horse.
You also need to understand that no matter how well trained your horse is, unless you also improve your riding skills you cannot expect the horse to maintain that level of training after returning home.

Finally, at a gut level, how does it feel to you? If you feel uncomfortable about what is being done (even if it is “for his own good”) question it in your mind. Can you keep this up or do this at home, on your own? If not, it is unlikely the result will hold.

From a Tellington Method perspective we are interested in educating horses and helping them learn in general rather than ONLY teaching specific cues and behaviors.

If you must go back to square one, or always start with the same thing each session, then the horse may not really be ‘learning’.
Learning is blocked if there is pain, fear, or anxiety. Often if a horse is not able to do something they are described as ‘dominant’, ‘stubborn’, spoiled, or resistant.

Like people, horses have different learning styles and different ways of expressing and coping with stress or confusion. Breeds have been bred for specific purposes and even with a breed there will be different learning styles.

Bottom line: You are your horse’s advocate.

Make sure your horse in training is being treated as you would like to be treated, fairly and with understanding and kindness. Know that if you cannot find a trainer who meets your criteria, you can join the growing number of amateur riders who choose to start their own young horses.

To read the entire article: https://www.ttouch.ca/2020/02/14/finding-the-right-trainer-for-you-and-your-horse-or-any-animal-really/

Photo by Lynne Glazer from my latest publication, "Training and Re-training Horses: The Tellington Way".

07/28/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/fCvVBLBLZ1iSK2rD/?mibextid=WaXdOe

Make time. Ride the horse.

07/28/2024

Eventing Dressage test: from an extended walk , they collect and pick up a counter canter at C! I’m impressed!! That means they have 10 meters in a counter canter to make the corner before heading across the diagonal to some flying changes. Definitely up there in degree of difficulty.

07/28/2024

I love this!!!!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=918318527006604&id=100064853944562

The oldest horse at the Olympics Wundermaske is partnered by the oldest event rider, Ronald Zabala Goetschel, with a combined age of 78

07/27/2024

The United States Olympic dressage team along with those from 14 other nations and 15 individuals are completing preparations to move into historic Chateau Versailles in Paris in two days

07/27/2024

🚨Breed Show Competitor Announcement🚨

Breed Show entries for Kingsview Partners’ Dressage at Devon open on Monday, July 29th, 2024, and close on Tuesday, September 10th!

Submit your entries NOW! Only online entries will be accepted, and all competing horses must have as a minimum a USEF horse Id & USDF horse Id.

Stay tuned for the link to open entries and visit:

https://dressageatdevon.org/breed-division/
for all of your important Breed Show information!

To buy tickets ⬇️

https://dressageatdevon.org/box-office/

07/27/2024

Where to find it

ONE. MORE. SLEEP! 🏇💥

Excitement aplenty as our first equestrian discipline kicks off at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games tomorrow! 🏰

So, whether you’re watching in Wales, viewing in Venezuela, or cheering in China; find full schedules, start times, and so much more on our ultimate FEI.org streaming guide! 📺

⏰ Eventing Dressage phase: 9:30 CEST

Check it out 👉 https://www.fei.org/where-watch-olympic-games-2024



Olympics Château de Versailles

07/27/2024

My San Bonita is by him as well. Star power pedigree, and it shows. She is incredible.

https://www.facebook.com/share/vxzodNA2Ljwr88ad/?mibextid=WaXdOe

Sandro Hit by Sandro x Ramino is said to have started his own dynastry and became a legend in his own time. His bloodline is well represented at the Paris Olympics: Stateman is by Sandro Hit out of a Brentano 11 mare ridden by Naima Moreira Laliberts for Canada. Sertorius de Rima Z (Sandro Hit x Voltaire ) ridden by France's Pauline Basquin is competing, and compatriot Anne-Sophie Serre is on Jibraltar de Massa by San Amour, a son of Sandro Hit. Brazil's eventing rider Carlos Parro will be on Safira by Sir Donnerhall 1 by Sandro Hit and India's Anunsh Agarawalla is partnered with Sir Caramello by Sir Donnerhall 1. Not long now for the Games to begin!

07/25/2024

Just WOW! What I wouldn’t give to be there❤️

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/RhH2zVvQeifDFpE4/?mibextid=WaXdOe

07/20/2024

My Bonnie gets today off as she worked very hard the last 3 days hauling out to a master class. It is so crucial to keep my skills sharp by working with top trainers as much as possible. The clinician asked after every rider was done if there were any questions. And the several people watching as well as the riders sat in silence. Including me. Today as I sit on miss Bonnie’s mother, I am playing over in my mind the exercises I had been working on at the clinic. And there are many questions. It sometimes takes time for me to process what I felt and what the clinician was asking from me. In retrospect, while many clinicians do not give specific “why, how, and when” instructions while teaching, I often can see afterwards that he was setting me and my horse up through an exercise to be able to execute what he would ask me to do.
Teaching is an art, but so is learning. Deciphering what it all means can be challenging without the foundation of your knowledge being solid. I will never stop learning…
And every other horse I sit on benefits from this as well.