Gone But Not Forgotten Totilas may be be gone but not forgotten. It is warm-up Wednesday here at Dressage Hub so we are checking out Edward Gal and Totilas in the Grand Prix Dressage warm-up at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in 2010. In 2010 Totilas and Edward Gal were on top of the […]
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Rollkur or Not? Nicole Uphoff & Rembrandt In The Grand Prix Dressage Warm-Up At Aachen
Rollkur or Not? Last week we posted a video of Nicol Uphoff at the Olympics. During the commentary, the announcer described and explained her use of rollkur in the warm-up at a time when the world was unfamiliar with the technique. Many of our fans felt that this description was open to interpretation. In light […]
How Many Times Do You See A Tongue? Is It Blue? Inessa Merkulova & Mister X Grand Prix Freestyle
How Many Times Do You See A Tongue? Mister X, the top Russian dressage horse this century, returned to competition after a two-year break with Inessa Merkulova riding the Russian-bred Trakehner to victory in the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle in October 2020. Inessa and Mister X, now 16 years old, scored 78.200% in the […]
All In Is All Done: Will Canada Be Sending A Lame Horse To The Olympics?
Top Contenders For Tokyo Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu and All In are Canada’s top contenders for Tokyo in 2021. Will All In stay sound enough to make it? Canadian dressage riders have had a challenging year trying to make the team. With lockdown and travel restrictions, some riders opted to limit travel while others headed to Wellington […]
Dressage Disaster: Double Trouble – Blood Elimination For Ashley Holzer
Ashley Holzer In The Hot Seat Ashley Holzer and her ride on Valentine have been a hot topic here on Dressage Hub all season. When Valentine entered the ring in a state of terror the ride went downhill from there. Part 1: https://youtu.be/l2G5u4RG19M Part 2: https://youtu.be/uTaBxHNrzZM Ashley Holzer is back again in the Hot Seat […]
Dressage Disaster P2: Valentine Loses Heart – Rolkur, Anoxia & Trigger Stacking Explained
This dressage disaster triggered a lot of people. There are those who endlessly support a big name and bad decisions and those who see that there is a problem with this ride. Where the opinions start to really vary is whether you believe that this is merely a simple spook or if you believe that […]
Breaking Down The Grand Prix Dressage Horse – Bad Behavior VS Bad Riding
What are you doing to recognize your horse when they’re afraid, and stop it? The pandemic has made live streams more available than ever in the dressage world. That means we are able to watch and learn more about what is happening in dressage. Which is awesome! It also means that we are able to […]
Top Secret Horseshow Hack They Don’t Want You To Know About!
Top Secret Professional riders get to have all the fun! They get to ride the nice horses, travel around the world and keep all the best secrets on how to cheat their way to a better score. Today we are breaking down the walls! To give you everything you need to know about this top-secret […]
Dressage Contraversies: What Is Rolkur?
Rolkur is often a hot topic and a bit of trigger among dressage riders. I have been following a series of dressage controversy videos on TikTok done by Blonde Dressage. She does a great job of explaining some of the hot topics in the dressage world and why you should care. I reached out to […]
That Horse Is NOT Spooking It Is Dying!
How Did We Get Here Over the past few weeks, we have posted several Dressage Disaster videos of horses spooking in the Grand Prix at the Global Dressage Festival. While most riders can relate to a horse casually spooking here and there. It needs to be addressed that there is a difference in how and […]