When Eblouissante returns to the racetrack for her 2014 debut in a Feb. 13 allowance race at Santa Anita Park, one wouldn't necessarily recognize a dressage background in the 5-year-old half sister of ...
Advanced dressage merges time-honored training principles with modern science to achieve harmony, precision, and athleticism between horse and rider. Success at this level relies on biomechanics, ...
Assistant trainer Sara Sasso rides American Xpress at Black Star Sport Horses in Rockwall. The training facility, which has 51 horses, breeds and trains horses that go on to compete nationally and ...
“Science-informed decision-making” is the way ahead, the FEI announced at its general assembly (10-13 November 2024), when revealing new strategies to sustain horse sport’s social licence to operate ...
When competing at or training for dressage, whether you have a young or established horse, the overall aim is to use the scales of training to work your way up through the dressage levels. Each of the ...
FRAMINGHAM — Wendy McKelvy began horseback riding later in life, but her passion for equestrian has run deep for many years. Like many kids, McKelvy wanted a pony growing up, but her family was unable ...
"You need strength. You need power. You need elegance" says FEI dressage chief Organizers hope to develop more cross-cultural collaboration in future While most people can appreciate the grace and ...