Hello again! Andrea-Patrizia Wiener-Angelakis invites us to her farm “With Horses Here and Now”, where she will deliver a two-day seminar on looking after the…
Who is up for learning in Crete this summer? There is a notable opportunity for those of you who want to spend some of their…
The show season has begun and the web is full of resources, ideas and… dressage music! And so, I found on YouTube two lovely videos…
I don’t know about you, but I have been loads of times on the back of a horse that won’t move. Not even an…
As I have written in previous posts, I can’t get why I need to try to push a 600kg beast with my lower leg and…
If you read this blog regularly, you probably have realised the preference I have to dressage. I like watching Grand Prix videos and also I…
Yeap! After a year of riding, now I learn how to jump! Well, don’t expect miracles, I have not made a successful jump yet. There…
As I said on my last post, different cultures ride in different ways. There are substantial difference sometimes regarding basic things. This post comes from…
As I continue discovering the world of equestrianism, I learned that braiding is compulsory for equestrian shows. This gives the judges the impression of a…
It’s nice to ride along a valley or jump around in the arena or dancing with your equestrian friend, but, like us humans, our equestrian…
I found on youtube this video, on which the lady shows how to make a horse -especially a young one- to jump more willingly. The…
I observed last week that while I was cantering, my butt was going here and there and I thought I was going to fall off….
Those who follow my blog know it already; I suck at trotting. After 10 months of riding, my trot is not where it’s supposed to…
You are a luck person if you have iTunes. Today I subscribed to the podcast channel “Daily Strides”. As far as I understand, the instructor…
Who has watched me riding knows it well; my sitting trot needs improvement. Desperately. And I know it well; I go mad every time I…
