HOW ENVIRONMENT SHAPES THE EQUINE HOOF—by JEFF MANGONE NCJF, NBF, APF II, President of NAFA🇺🇸
The Battle Between Wet ☔️and Dry🌵 Conditions The old saying “no foot, no horse” exists for a reason. A horse’s
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Jesse Kassner (my daughter and business partner) and I launched DressurSPORT.com in February. As you read her writing, you will quickly realize that Jesse knows an amazing amount about horses, riding and riders. She has trained in classical dressage and eventing and has taught dressage at very high levels. I have..
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DRESSURSPORT.COM LLC is proud to be the first US company to offer products from FERDIA EQUINE 🇮🇪of Ireland. Designed and made in Ireland. Designed and made in Ireland. Ferdia Equine🇮🇪 is located in the heart of Mid Louth, Ireland. Their manufacturing facility boasts over 40 years of industry experience, standing..
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The modern equestrian surface industry has become increasingly dependent on a formula that appears sophisticated on the surface: fine, uniform sand combined with high fiber content, heavy moisture management, and regular mechanical testing. At the highest levels of sport, these surfaces are often praised because they look clean, consistent, and..
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Leather for saddlery comes from a relatively small group of animals whose hides provide the right combination of strength, fiber density, and workability. The demands of riding equipment: weight-bearing, flexibility, resistance to sweat and weather—means that not every type of hide is suitable. 🌎Unfortunately, over the last 20-30 years many..
The Battle Between Wet ☔️and Dry🌵 Conditions The old saying “no foot, no horse” exists for a reason. A horse’s
Jesse Kassner (my daughter and business partner) and I launched DressurSPORT.com in February. As you read her writing, you will
The Battle Between Wet ☔️and Dry🌵 Conditions The old saying “no foot, no horse” exists for a reason. A horse’s..
Jesse Kassner (my daughter and business partner) and I launched DressurSPORT.com in February. As you read her writing, you will..
There’s a trend in the horse world right now: everyone wants to “do their own research.” It sounds like a..
DRESSURSPORT.COM LLC is proud to be the first US company to offer products from FERDIA EQUINE 🇮🇪of Ireland. Designed and..
Are there breed-specific diets for horses? Is there a special Mustang diet? A unique Lusitano diet? Let’s set the record..
The modern equestrian surface industry has become increasingly dependent on a formula that appears sophisticated on the surface: fine, uniform..
I can offer a unique perspective about competing in Western and English Dressage as I am a USEF “R” Western..
Horses are not tools or unfeeling in their existence, and horses are not all the same, they are individuals. Some..
Regardless of discipline, we all want happy, healthy horses. We educate ourselves on correct saddle fit to ensure that our..
Saddles are inherently impactful on horses’ moving bodies. Understanding basic horse biomechanics and restriction-eliminating saddle fit principles is especially important..
Horses can carry about one and a half pounds per square inch of their back, so the greater the space..
Controlled exercise is the foundation of any good training and rehabilitation programme (Gillis, 2014). When done correctly, lunging can be..
Dressage is supposed to make horses better. Stronger. More balanced. More rideable. Sounder for longer. That’s the whole point. Classical..
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This article lists, in chronolgical order, top level Classical Dressage, Western Dressage and Eventing competitions. Each listing is preceded by..
Low energy is a common problem in many horses. When your horse seems tired, dull, or unmotivated, it’s crucial to..
Below are links to current calendars of the United States Dressage Federation, the United States Eventing Association and the Western Dressage Association of America, showing dates and locations for upcoming clinics, shows and events.
Each month, we are requesting results of competitions from the event organizers. We will provide a link to those results we have received. If you want to see results of an event in which you will be participating, be sure to tell the organizer to provide those results so we can include them in the next issue of DressurSPORT.com.
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Jesse Kassner began her riding career in 1984 and transitioned to dressage in the early 1990s, quickly dedicating herself to the development of classical fundamentals. She was asked to be an instructor at age 17 in 1994. After graduating from university, she founded JKK Dressur, LLC, in 1999, where she has since taught, trained, and sold horses throughout the region. Jesse further refined her expertise through extensive training with FEI competitors and classical dressage masters in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, ultimately riding Grand Prix horses across three countries.
Committed to lifelong learning, Jesse has trained with renowned dressage authorities including Col. Von Ziegner, Dr. HLM Van. Shaek, Catherine Haddad-Staller, Dominique Barbier, Paula and Michael Kierkegaard, ,Charles de Kunffy, Tom Poulin, and more. Her teaching emphasizes the training scale, biomechanics of horse and rider, and the development of true feel through correct fundamentals. Known for her keen eye and ability to connect horse and rider, Jesse is passionate about passing on the depth of knowledge she gained through decades of high-level training.
I am Jesse’s dad. I know only what a father with a daughter that is devoted to everything equestrian learns about horses by listening to and watching her. I clearly recognize that she has an extraordinary knowledge of horses and riders and how they work together. She also has a gift for communicating what she knows to others, both in words and graphically.
DressurSPORT.com is father-daughter effort to create an online forum and e-commerce program. Our goal is to make it a monthly resource and on-line gathering place for Dressage and Eventing enthusiasts to explore all things equestrian and to provide a forum for open discussion. Each issue will provide a link to the US Dressage Federation (USDF), the Western Dressage Association of America (WDAA) and US Eventing Association (USEA) calendars of upcoming clinics, shows and events. We will provide competition results, or links to those results, including top score sheets and photos and videos provided by the event organizers. Each month, we plan to select a video of a winning ride as the DressurSPORT.com RIDE OF THE MONTH, with a link to that video and score sheet for that ride. If an event is of interest to you, please contact the organizer to request that those results be provided.
We will also include New Product Reviews and articles by industry professionals covering topics like training and techniques for riders and their mounts, tack and saddle selection, fitting and maintenance, apparel, arena and course design, construction and maintenance and current equestrian news. Most importantly, we have provided a reader forum in which subscribers are able to interact with the author of our articles and other readers, or create entirely new topics for online discussion. If you would like to see an article on a particular topic, or if you want to submit an article for consideration, please contact us. The goal of this site is to stimulate and encourage online interaction within the equestrian community.
In our travels, we have observed that stores in the UK and the EU have substantially wider selections of top quality tack and equestrian gear than is available here in the US. Much of this tack is unavailable here in the statues. We are in the process of hand-selecting high quality tack and apparel, made by trained craftsman in the UK and the EU, and primarily only available in the UK and EU, that we intend to make available here in the near future. Recent substantial changes in import tariffs and upcoming rule changes are expected to be finalized some time this coming spring. Once that has stabilized, we will begin offering these products for sale in our e-store.
Finally, we are also working on the creation of a marketplace for our subscribers to offer their personal used tack or gear for sale or to indicate that they are looking to buy specific used tack or gear, and provide a means of establishing contact between buyers and sellers. We hope to have this program operational by the end of summer.
