Youth shines brightly on a wet dark day
Parwood, Surrey, 29 October 2020
Novice and elementary combinations claimed the highest scores and represented a long line-up of youthful talent.
Out and About Dressage
in the South
The online magazine for dressage riders and enthusiasts
Out and About Dressage
in the South
The online magazine for dressage riders and enthusiasts
Out and About Dressage
in the South
The online magazine for dressage riders and enthusiasts
Dressage show reports
New talent shines among the best across the levels
More established high-scoring combinations did not outshine some new arrivals on the 2020 dressage scene which included a knock’em dead warmblood and this charismatic coloured cob.
Belmoredean returns to the dressage calendar with quality and variety
Dressage at Belmoredean, West Sussex, 8 October 2020
Dane Rawlins and his daughter Annie were placed top respectively in the grand prix and Inter I classes, but they featured among many interesting new combinations at all levels.
Affiliated dressage results from Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire
Dressage results: Belmoredean, West Sussex, 4 November 2020
Image: Sharon Power and Desirado win the novices overall with 76.67% and 72.04%
Dressage results: Sparsholt, Hants, 1 November 2020
Image: Amanda Radford and 10-year-old Woodmount Louis, listed in the Donkey Breed Society studbook (!) wins silver Elementary 40 with 68.55%
Dressage results: Pachesham, Surrey, 31 October 2020
Image: Sarah Williams and Fighting Boy (seen on a sunny day) 70.44% winners of the Medium 73 despite the rain
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DRESSAGE UPDATE
Premier League riders can put Hickstead in their diary for 2021
British Dressage announced yesterday the wonderful news that Hickstead will feature among the Premier League fixtures in 2021. The show, which has been taken under the wing of Hickstead Showground proprietors — the famous Bunn family, will offer classes from advanced medium to grand prix.
TRAINERS & TRAINING
When would you retire from a dressage test at a competition?
TWO MINDS and two bodies enter the dressage arena to produce a test. Working as a co-operative unit they will perform to the best of their ability but if there is a problem, when is retiring the best option?
DRESSAGE TEST ANALYSES — test riding tips series
PSG test analysis for riders: ‘Got my tailcoat and I’m good to go’
PRIX ST GEORGES is the first senior FEI test and also the FEI Young Rider test, comments formerly Surrey-based List 1 judge Mark Ruddock, at the beginning of his his latest test analysis. He adds: “It is also the only PSG in this country, so anticipation can become a problem. (This test analysis first published in May 2017.)
HEALTH & FITNESS
The roles of coach and physio in improving rider symmetry
Human physiotherapist Andy Thomas, who has worked with both British and American equestrian team riders, gave a lecture to a group of coaches at Weymarsh Stud late last year. This is a summary taken from that lecture and will be of as much interest to riders as it is to rider coaches
HAVE YOU READ
The Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde making Molly Key a dressage rider
With typical humility, when asked which horse made her a dressage rider, Molly Key replies, "I don't think I'm made yet!" Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are on her degree course syllabus
