Dressage General

Dressage General

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  • Rolex FEI World Cup 2009 part 7

    Rolex FEI World Cup 2009

  • Saddle Design | Catherine Haddad

    Catherine now explains the seat of the saddle and how it helps both the riders and the horse. This custom saddle has four short billets that she uses with a cord girth. Because this saddle has thin, soft knee pads instead of big knee rolls, the knee of the rider is able to come forward. Cather...

  • Scott Hassler Interview, USEF Young Horse Coach

    Scott Hassler Interview, USEF Young Horse Coach

  • Six Questions with Olivia Lagoy-Weltz

    Get to know FEI rider and competitor Olivia Lagoy-Weltz. Find out how she got involved with horses and dressage, her training philosophy and what she feels makes a good horseperson.

  • Stacy Parvey-Larsson riding Benidetto, 8.0, 8.5, 8.5, 7.8, 8.0 81.6%

    Stacy Parvey-Larsson riding Benidetto, 8.0, 8.5, 8.5, 7.8, 8.0 81.6%

  • Starting a Vaulting Club | Colleen Kelly | PART 03

    Colleen has the other girls ride at the trot and practice their dismounts and shows them the foot position desired for vaulting. Another sliding dismount is shown and she has the girls each approach the horse as It's trotting on the lunge.  She demonstrates how to quietly approach the horse and t...

  • Starting a Vaulting Club | Colleen Kelly | PART 01

    Colleen Kelly brings us this new video with a group just starting a vaulting club, and talks through how to get started. They cover safety issues first, and how to approach the horse in a group.  Colleen starts them with a saddle on the vaulting horse, and one student riding while she lunges.   T...

  • Typical Warm Up | Hubertus Schmidt

    Hubertus describes his typical warm up for both a training session and competition.

  • Your Horses Brain, the Use of Negative Reinforcement | Jody Hartstone | PART 04

    Understanding the Horses Brain, The use of Negative Reinforcement, Part 4 of 7

  • Your Horses Brain, Classical Conditioning | Jody Hartstone | PART 07

    Understanding Your Horses Brain, Classical Conditioning, Part 7 of 7 part series

  • Understanding the Horses Brain, Habituation | Jody Hartstone | PART 03

    Understanding the Horses Brain, Habituation, Part 3 of 7

  • Your Horses Brain, Positive Reinforcement | Jody Hartstone | PART 05

    Understanding your horses brain, Positive Reinforcement, Part 5 of 7

  • 5 Questions | Laura Ashley Killian

    Get to know Laura Ashley Killian of Laura Ashley Dressage. Find out how she got involved in horses, why she loves dressage and what she feels makes a good horseperson.

  • Favorite Movement to Ride | Hubertus Schmidt

    A Junior rider asks what Hubertus favorite movement is to ride and watch.

  • Five Questions | Michele Wellman

    USDF Bronze and Silver Medalist and USEA ICP Level 2 Certified Instructor Michele Wellman owns and operates By Chance Farm in Union Bridge, MD. She answers questions about how she got involved in horses, her training philosophy and what she feels makes a good horseperson. Above all, she feels the...

  • Four Questions | Michael Bragdell

    Get to know Michael Bragdell, Head Trainer at Hilltop Farm, 2021 Dressage at Devon winner and USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist, in this brief interview. Hear how he got started in horses, what he loves about dressage and his training philosophy.

  • Introduction to Laura Ashley Dressage | Laura Ashley Killian

    USDF gold, silver and bronze medalist Laura Ashley Killian introduces her new series of videos.

  • Story of Advocating for Her Horse | Michele Wellman

    USDF Bronze and Silver Medalist and USEA ICP Level 2 Certified Instructor Michele Wellman practices what she preaches when she says to advocate for the horse. She tells the story about her own horse, the chestnut gelding from the video series, who encountered various physical issues and the long ...

  • Six Questions | Lauren Sprieser

    Get to know USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist trainer and competitor Lauren Sprieser. Learn how she got involved in horses and dressage, hear her training philosophy and what she feels makes a good horseperson. While her philosophy is,œwe must be clear. We must be consistent, and we must be f...

  • The Dressage Convention, 2013

    The Dressage Convention, 2013

  • The Role of a Dressage Mentor 1

    Peter Storr works with Phoebe Peters, his long time student and European Pony Gold Medalist on her champion pony, SL Lucci.  Peter talks about how this partnership was formed.  They had warmed up outside in a stretchy trot, but begin their session in the arena in the canter, getting him supple, u...

  • The Role of a Dressage Mentor 2

    Peter talks about how they work with this pony to keep him happy in his work, and at his new facility he has the chance to do gallops and hacks to help with his fitness.  He covers the importance of the quality of the walk, and then move on to the trot.  While he doesn't know piaffe and passage, ...

  • The Role of a Dressage Mentor 3

    The welfare of the pony and how they are feeling about their work is of utmost importance in the training, and Peter has this foremost in his mind while deciding how to run a training session.  After a walk break they continue with the trot work, making sure he is in front of her leg in the walk ...

  • The Role of a Dressage Mentor 4

    Tweets from the audience finish the session, with Peter and Carl answering questions starting with the body position needed for the rising trot.  Phoebe joins them to talk about her working relationship with Peter, and they talk about how she has responsibility to ride well rather than wait for m...