"The horse is quite perfect at being a horse. We, however, face continual struggle to become the trainer the horse needs us to be." An excerpt from the book, The Way of Dressage

We had to dismount ... we had to mount again, we had to turn around in the saddles. So the horse couldn’t move. And now, I would imagine if they went around the horse, the horse would be gone.

Have we reached a point in our history when breeding has become more important than good training? The Purple Pony wonders if today is that day.

Stretching and reaching through the ribcage activates a number of different muscle groups and is a wonderful way to open up through the chest, making a distinct difference in the amount of tension you hold in the reins

This first exercise is one of most powerful abdominal exercises we can do, but it reaches so much more than just our abdominals. It will release the small of your back so that you can become a better rider.

Discussing the possible benefits of starting the horse on the counter shoulder-in before starting him on the shoulder-in.

Fighting grammar with Nuno Oliveira and making sure that it is his words, not the translator's or an editor's or the publisher's that get heard.

Seunig trained at both Saumur and the Spanish Riding School - here he readily shares his opinion on the necessity of shoeing the horse.

Please note this is how he spells Trakehnens.