World’s oldest horse Shayne, 51, lives in Brentwood – the same town as record-breaking dog | Mail Online

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Biomechanical Riding and Dressage

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TT Combined Training 2012 – Photo by www.angierickardphotography.com

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Occy had a moment in the dressage arena and put a hole in side board near C

Bit of dressage practice on Easter Saturday and now I have to fix the arena thanks to Occy objecting about halt.
Regards Walter

Horse tendon and suspension – YouTube

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This is brilliant in explaining horses movement and the suspension system, although be warned that they use a real horseleg in one of the demos.

An investigation of the relationship between horse riders and horses

Researchers from The University of Sydney are conducting a survey investigating the important relationships or emotional bonds between horse riders and their horses.

To date, there is little research in this particular area and they are interested in riders’ experiences and their social ideas.

The survey includes questions regarding the different types of training methods used in horse rider interactions.

The research is being conducted through The University of Sydney.

The researchers are interested in all disciplines of horse riding.

The research link is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5HFQNHK

It is expected the survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

Your support would be greatly appreciated as it contributes to the researchers learning more about the emotional bonds between the rider and horse.

Group results will be distributed after the research has been completed at the research link listed.

Please feel free to forward and distribute this email to your equestrian colleagues, post on your equestrian blogs and equestrian chat groups

Thank you for your support.

Alexandria Bailey

Media Officer

International Society for Equitation Science

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Motivate Your Dressage Horse with Uta Gräf

Motivation is defined as the inner will doing something to reach a certain goal. Making the dressage horse a true partner that stays motivated to work over the years is a challenge as complex as training your dressage horse to complete the dressage movements themselves. What makes it so difficult? Unlike us, the dressage horse has no higher goals behind every step we ask him to do. Whereas we are prepared—spending long hours of hard and dedicated work with the aim of improving our skills and progressing—what reason should the dressage horse have to go this way with us? If we don’t want dressage horses simply to become a means to fulfill our competitive ambitions, we have to think about ways of making them happy in their work.

Of course, there’s no recipe that always works with every dressage horse, but over the past decade I, Uta Gräf, have, with the help of my partner, Stefen Schneider, developed my own training system, consisting of several ingredients I consider essential for creating the proverbially “happy athlete” about which so much is discussed. In this article, I will take you through these components, which let you and your horse work together in harmony.

Remember that whatever goals we aim for with our horses—may it be elementary or Olympic level—we absolutely have to treat the horse as a unique individual. What does this mean? It means that we have to take into account the nature, the personality, the character and natural abilities of every horse. If we do so, we respect the horse, and this I would call the moral obligation of a rider, which is the premise of everything. It doesn’t matter if we train a talented or an average horse. Respecting a horse also means respecting his mental and physical limits and working within them. Then we have the possibility that the horse likes to work with us and likes to be ridden, which has to be the common goal.

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