Olympic Medalist and World Record holder Charlotte Dujardin has truly mastered the finesse of riding a dressage test. The perfection she exhibits while riding Valegro is not an accident. In this video, we get to take a quick look inside how she sets her horses up for success in the flying changes in dressage. Once […]
RIP Totilas Dressage Stallion Tribute (2000-2020)
Totilas, the dressage horse that became the biggest sensation in global equestrian sport, has passed away. The 20-year old KWPN stallion succumbed to colic on Monday night 14 December 2020. Totilas was by Gribaldi out of Lominka (by Glendale x Akteur). WCYH Finalist First trained and competed by the Friesian rider Jiska van den Akker, […]
10 Tools To Help Your Horse Shed Faster
It the least wonderful time of the year for equestrians. That winter horse hair is shedding with avengence and as the barn floor is filling up with snowflake looking delights and your bra is itching with hair through your entire ride, the one thing all equestrians become obessessed about is how to get rid of […]
10 Best Riding Helmets for Equestrians
The weekend of September 16th and 17th 2017 marks the eighth annual Riders4Helmets International Helmet Awareness Day — a campaign event designed to educate people about the importance of wearing a hat, following dressage Olympian Courtney King-Dye’s accident from which she suffered a traumatic brain injury. 1) Charles Owen Ayr8 Helmet 2) One K Defender […]
Dear AA, Your Horse is Not Going to the Olympics
Dream big…but with a dose of reality. Getting a horse to the Olympics/WEGs is hard on so many levels. I was 16 the first time a trainer tried to take away my horse so she could ride it herself. She told me that I would never make a Young Riders’ team if she didn’t ride […]