YOUR CORE: What Does It Actually Mean?—by Emma Malone🇬🇧
If you’re a rider, you have probably heard those words hundreds of times. “Use your core.” “Your core isn’t strong enough.” “Engage your core.” But here is the question nobody seems to answer: What does that actually mean? Ask a group of professionals what the core is and you will probably get an entire range […]
No Horse Is “Heavy,” It’s Misunderstood—by Jesse Kassner🇺🇸/🇬🇧Editor, DressurSPORT.com
When buying a horse all Dressage Classicists always say that a great Walk and Canter are the two most naturally important gaits to look for. A great trot can be developed more easily with time. Many times horses may be referred to as “Heavy/Dull to the Leg/Not Forward Enough/Needs to Be Ridden With Spurs/etc.” This […]
Photographing Horses The “ShortHorse” Way PART III—by Heather K McManamy🇺🇸ShortHorse Studios
In this part of this series, I’ll explain the basics of what to look for when photographing the horse in motion at the basic gaits. PART THREE: MOVEMENT TIMING When I ask what they’d really like to learn about photographing horses, timing and how to get the right moment in the horse’s stride seem to […]
Photographing Horses “The ShortHorse” Way—by Heather K McManamy🇺🇸ShortHorse Studios
In this series, I will lay out the basic structure of my approach to photographing horses. I didn’t really even know I was putting most of these concepts to use for the first many years I was photographing; they were, at most, subconscious for me. I just knew when an image was “there,” and that […]
ARENA CONSTRUCTION PART IV | DRESSAGE BASE CONSTRUCTION: THE FOUNDATION BENEATH EVERY GREAT RIDE —by Dickie Osborne🇺🇸
One of the biggest misconceptions in the equestrian industry is that the riding surface alone determines the quality of an arena. While footing is certainly important, the truth is that every successful dressage arena begins with something riders rarely see—the base beneath it. A premium footing placed over a poorly constructed base will never perform […]
FARRIER FORUM: FOUNDER—by Jeff Mangone🇺🇸NCJF, NBF,APF II, President NAFA
WHY AUTUMN CAN BE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS TIMES OF YEAR When horse owners hear the word founder, many immediately think of a horse that was trimmed too short, suffered a severe concussion injury, or experienced trauma to the hoof. While those situations certainly can lead to laminitis and founder, they represent only one […]
HOW TO “CREATE ENGAGEMENT…” THROUGH TRANSITIONS—by Sue Mesa🇿🇦
What is a transition when referred to in horse training and riding? A transition can be as simple as turning from one side of the arena to another. Anything that asks the horse to change what it is doing to accomplish something else. The most common use of the word transition is to describe going […]
The Defender K3DE5*—by Jesse Kassner🇺🇸/🇬🇧Editor DressurSPORT.com, Grand Prix Classicist
What a fantastic 5 days we had! The drive down from Wisconsin to Kentucky was a long one, but it was certainly worth it. The weather was quite nice, aside from being in the upper 80°F with full sun the entire weekend. The horses were primed and ready to go. The K3DE4* took up the […]
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WESTERN DRESSAGE: WHERE THE ARABIANS ARE GOING—by DressurSPORT🇺🇸/🇬🇧
Region X Arabian Championships, Oshkosh, Wisconsin🇺🇸at Sunnyview Exposition Center. We attended the closest Western Dressage show that we were able to from June 17-21, 2026, to watch The Region X Arabian & ½-Arabian Championships and had a wonderful experience. There were outdoor classes, such as in-hand classes and flat classes, while the massive semi-indoor arena […]
