The plan for my easter holiday was to drive to Anja Hass, licensed Bent Branderup Trainer to have a full week of training hands-on and life at her beautiful place in the Black Forest, which is a few hours’ drive from my place. This was booked already last year, and I looked very much forward […]
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Lately, I have been working Lucano in a bit higher head position than I used to do. Usually, I am always on the safer side not asking for too much too soon but now since the basics are solid and always available like a stretch forward down, I can move on. One of the topics
It is funny that nowadays when I work with Misfit things are so much more natural with him. I remember when I bought him at the age of 4 he couldn’t do much. 21 years later he is just my superstar. I don’t bang my head anymore about how I can teach him certain things
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Lucano is getting the idea about half steps. Once in a while he is getting a bit stuck in the place and tends to overbend a bit. If this is the case he steps short-long in front losing the rhythm. Then thinking more forward is the key. It is all a work in progress but
Lucano and I had the pleasure to model for https://www.sattelbalance.com/ who is a premium partner for Deuber & Partner Saddlery. Here I show my Jeanne D’Arc saddle from Deuber & Partner Saddle, which I own already for 14 years and is still a very good fit for me. Whoever is interested to purchase a Deuber
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It is called THE exercise or as we read often the “aspirin of art of riding” or “mother of all side movements”, because it is a cornerstone in horse training and helps to straighten up the horse. It was first mentioned by François Robichon de la Guérinière an old French riding master who lived from
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With the new year a new chapter has started! It has been a wonderful journey to learn and grow with Straightness Training over the last 10 years, which I am very grateful for. The ST Academy developed immensely over the last years into an extraordinary online academy and is helping many horses and riders around
I like working at Liberty in between to check if my mental picture, my energy, and my body language are the same as if I would work with tools such as cavesson/bridle, reins etc. because then I know I am congruent and we understand each other. It makes me much more focused, present and aware
This is a nice example of what I meant in my last Liberty post about being congruent with the aids. That we act at Liberty the same as when we would work with tools. We should not change our mental picture, our energy and body language. Trusting the process and rewarding every slightest try is
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As important it is to shift the center of mass away from the front legs to prevent injuries as important it is to allow the horse a good stretch over the topline into a forward down as well. For me, a proper forward down is when the horse is really searching towards the hand/line with
