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Laura Graves Teaching 3 Parts of the Medium Canter

Laura Graves Teaching 3 Parts of the Medium Canter In this video Laura Graves breaks down the medium or extended canter as a movement into three parts. Each with it’s own very clear objective. This is very important in achieving higher scores in your dressage test. Laura Grave’s has recently made her mark on the […]

How does the hoof absorb shock?

How does the hoof absorb shock? We expect the hoof to do a lot of work. Understanding how the hoof absorbs shock is helpful in understanding injury prevention as well as laminitis prevention. This video is actually a pretty cool inside look at the hoof, filmed at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington Florida in […]

Debbie McDonald Teaching Body Positioning and Straightness

Debbie McDonald Teaching Body Positioning and Straightness In the never ending quest for perfection dressage riders are continuously refining both body position (equitation) and straightness. This video will show you some great tips for simple corrections as well as a great little exercise on how to learn the “feel” of straightness with your horse. So […]

4 Reasons to Feed Hay to your Horse

4 Reasons to Feed Hay to your Horse We all know that we need to feed hay to horses, the biggest questions are often, how much, what nutritional value and so on. This part really is rocket science and everyone has a different answer. What I didnt know was how hay can impact the performance […]

Develop Your Eye: CDI 3* and 5* Grand Prix Test Side By Side

Develop Your Eye: CDI 3* and 5* Grand Prix Test Side By Side One of the luxuries of living in Wellington is being able to watch 8 hours plus straight of Grand Prix tests. Developing your eye to see what is good and what needs improvement can be hard when you are limited in exposure. […]

How to Tie a Stock Tie Courtesy of Doc’s Designs.

How to Tie a Stock Tie Courtesy of Doc’s Designs. This video comes with a heartfelt horse show confession. I am sure that I am not the only one guilty of this. So, it was time to seek some answers and get professional help. Diana is a fan of ours that offered me some expert […]

Grooming Tips: How to make your horse shine with Samantha

Grooming Tips: How to make your horse shine with Samantha I recently decided that Samantha Krieger has the shiniest horse on my Facebook. So, I asked her to tell us what she did to make her horse so glow in the sun. Here she gives us her inside tips on how she grooms to make […]

Robert Dover Teaching Collected Walk Transitions

Robert Dover Teaching Collected Walk Transitions This video is an excerpt from the Robert Dover Horsemastership program in Wellington, Florida. Robert Dover is teaching what he calls the Rubber band exercise to school the transition between the collected and extended walk. You can watch Catherine Haddad school and advanced version of this exercise here:

2014 FTI Consulting Great Charity Challenge Presented by Fidelity Investments® Draws 24 Charities at Wellington Chamber’s WinterFest

Wellington, Florida – December 3, 2013 – This holiday season, 400 Palm Beach County charities were hoping for a miracle. Under the “Saturday Night Lights” at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), the charitable community came out to Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s WinterFest and Equestrian Sport Productions’ (ESP) Holiday & Horses Show on November […]

The International Dressage Academy Hosts Ride-A-Test Clinic with FEI 3* Judge Cesar Torrente

Welllington, FL (September 27, 2013) – Patrick and Marisol Burssens’ International Dressage Academy (IDA) in Little Ranches in Wellington, Florida recently hosted an educational Ride-A-Test clinc with acclaimed FEI 3* judge Cesar Torrente.  The clinic brought riders of all levels to IDA, where Torrente helped them boost their scores with judged rides, reviews and re-rides. Torrente, a native of […]