Category: Training & Trainers

At the beginning of Andrew Gould’s demo session with nine-year-old Zhivago stallion Genie, judge and trainer Clive Halsall notes: “The more supple and bendable a horse is, the easier it will be to make it straighter.”

Developing paces and expression is a series of four training articles  based on notes taken at a lecture demo given by Lancashire-based FEI 5* judge Clive Halsall in Sussex November 2020, part 3.

Developing paces and expression is a series of four training articles based on notes taken at a lecture demo given by Lancashire-based FEI 5* judge Clive Halsall in Sussex last November at the invitation of Youth Selector and Kent-based trainer Leanne Wall. His audience was composed of judges, trainers and riders.

This is the first in a series of four training articles on ‘Developing paces and expression’ based on a lecture demo given by Lancashire-based FEI 5* Dressage judge Clive Halsall in Sussex last November at the invitation of Youth Selector and Kent-based trainer Leanne Wall. His audience was composed of judges, trainers and riders.

Getting into the heads and bodies of three different horses has brought Tania Grantham competition success on the national stage. The skills acquired on her journey to grand prix, particularly her artful pole work, have also established her as a successful trainer 

NLP consultant and dressage coach Wendy Jago explores the ‘we’ in all rewarding equestrian relationships. Look out for the next in Out and About’s continuing The Horse That Made Me series that will feature rider and trainer Tania Grantham.

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?

THIS YEAR’S WINTER REGIONALS ran only last month but as riders complete their qualifications for the next big shows in their competition calendar, it’s a good time to study and start to practise the art of good Ring Craft.

Emma Mansfield has worked with horses all her career but now as Sparsholt College Events Organiser, a large part of her job is working with people. Two horses have made her a successful dressage rider and a  popular show organiser — many more have made her a philosopher.