Maddox Dressage

28/12/2023

Dressage rider and trainer Emma Woolley explains why spending time working on the walk is so important.

28/12/2023

28/12/2023

Nuno Oliveira told us:“Horses are often forced too soon to extend the trot, gesticulating with the front legs with no thought for the necessary thrusting forward of the hind legs, leading to a concave back. It is different, of course, with a horse who has a naturally good extension and stays well balanced, this one can be pushed earlier in this pace.”
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/03/truths-from-the-past-with-nuno-oliveira/
And more on competition dressage:https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2022/08/nuno-oliveira-talks-about-competition-dressage/

27/12/2023

27/12/2023

The new rule will become effective as of January 1, 2024.

27/12/2023

To lift the back, the horse must be able to reach forward and stretch downward with his head and neck …

Imagine that your horse’s shoulder blades form a slot through which his neck must fall in a downward direction. In order to reach and stretch, his neck must come straight out of his shoulders. If his neck isn’t aligned with the slot, the horse is unable to lower it.—Beth Baumert

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz

26/11/2023

21/11/2023

30/12/2022

Thinking about dressage today:
More than twenty years ago Dr Reiner Klimke stressed the real art of dressage: “The horse should be happy and going softly with invisible aids. To achieve this the trainer must be very patient and disciplined. The aim is to keep your horse proud so that he accepts you as master. Don’t sit on him but influence him. The horse must carry us easily and only then will you achieve self-balance.”
“The judges have a real responsibility to the sport - their responsibility is not that their own ideas become reality. Exactly what we have in our dressage rules, everything is described there, and if you want to change the rules, then the changes have to be recorded.”
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2020/09/from-the-archives-reiner-klimke-the-way-forward-for-dressage-judging/

08/09/2022

Marvelous melted moon waterfall in the woods.🌲🌕🖤✨️

11/08/2022

25/06/2022

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24/11/2021