Last month in one article we stated: "If we introduce energy before we introduce release, we only create more and more tension."

One of our readers wrote back and asked, "Why? Can you expand a little?"

In spite of what would seem to be excellently applied allopathic and complimentary therapies, some horses are afflicted with recurrent “back soreness” and may exhibit subclinical lameness and suffer significant performance deficits as a result.

Many Iberian owners are very cognitively aware that their horses are different. Different carriage, different strengths and different weaknesses. One of the most widely accepted weaknesses that most people realize is the problem of stretching and bending.

Head Rider from the Royal Spanish School in Jerez (home of the 2002 World Equestrian Games) discusses, in a series of articles, "Training the Horse"…from the very first kindergarten days all the way to Grand Prix. In this article, he tells us about some of the problems that can occur and how to prevent them.

In the interest of transparency, Dr. Cook shares his correspondence with the FEI in his battle to convince the FEI to change their rules on dressage to allow the bitless brittle.