Embed from Getty Images Yeah, we hear it all the time. "The horse does all the work." Or, "The rider's just sitting there." And don't get me started on what I've seen on Twitter. C'mon. You know The Great Ones at anything make what they do look easy, right? The hard work, let alone the 10,000 hours ...
New Yorker article about Charlotte Dujardin and Vallegro
Embed from Getty Images I know you'll enjoy reading this article by Sam Knight in the New Yorker as much as I did. The article mentions the mirrors as training tools. In other news, I finally remembered I can embed the free images from Getty Images here on this blog.
The Dancing Police Horse of New Orleans
Good vibrations from a dancing New Orleans police horse
Dressage Ain’t Just For Millionaires: Dressage for a Normal Budget
It ain’t spelled “dre$$age,” but you’d think so from the news. Regular folks with “normal” budgets do dressage, too.
Do you and your horse need a few things?
Olympic dressage star Courtney King-Dye is still in a coma after her fall with her horse a few weeks ago. As the days tick by, so do the numbers on her hospital bill. The equestrian world has joined forces to help her out. Jackie at the Regarding Horses blog has the scoop on various fundraisers, including ...
Giddy up, Anky
[Editor's note added in 7/31/12 - Anky announced in May 2010 that she would not compete at WEG2010 because her horse was still recovering from an injury. Please still feel free to enjoy the article. Lots of fun surprises here.] Photo by Arnd Bronkhorst/courtesy Anky van Grunsven Multiple Olympic Gold winner for individual dressage (2000, 2004, ...
Paralympic Equestrians to Compete in Hong Kong
Psst! Wanna be inspired? Ed. Note - There was a link to a video here, but now the link is dead. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Then, click on over to another horse blog Regarding Horses to read about the athletes riding in the dressage competition, plus the games themselves. Go, team!
The Newbie’s Guide to Watching Dressage
[caption id="attachment_78" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="John Rich/iStockphoto"] When you finally know what to look for, watching dressage really is more exciting than watching paint dry. After all, the casual viewer easily figures out jumping and cross country. In those faster-paced sports, the horse and rider must run an obstacle course faster than anyone else and not touch, let ...
