It presents step by-step training programs and showing advice from recognized experts in hunters, jumpers, equitation, dressage, and eventing, along with money- and time-saving ideas on health care and stable management.
German Olympian and coach of the German Equestrian Team Monica Theodorescu worked with eight horse-and-rider pairs at The Old Masters Series hosted at Anke Ott Young’s Avalon Farm in North Salem, New York in September 2017. An accomplished equestrian, Monica follows in the footsteps of her late parents—dressage master Georg Thoerodescu and his wife, Inge, who rode for Germany as a show jumper—and was an obvious choice for Frank R. Henning who developed The Old Masters Series with the goal of preserving the traditions and values of the old dressage Masters. More than 600,000 auditors have attended these events since their inception. Henning addressed the group at the beginning of the clinic and conveyed the mission of his Old Masters Series: that the masters might share their wealth of knowledge…
Q Over the years, horses have changed because of better breeding. Has your management or your training changed as a result? A No. It’s true that we have lighter and more uphill horses than in the past, but a horse is still a horse. It has four legs, a head and a tail. There is only one way—what we call the correct way. Mr. Stecken says, “There is only correct riding. That’s enough.” This works for all the horses. Our Training Scale leaves enough room for differences: That is, some horses need to be rounder or more forward or slower. Some need more or less frequent transitions, but the Training Scale is still the way for all horses. Q One horse had mouth issues, and the rider asked what she…
Cara Klothe and Dhanube, a 4-year-old German Oldenburg Verband mare Lisa Postleb Kaptein and Bretton Beauty, a 4-year-old Hanoverian gelding Jannike Gray and Ravanti C, an 8-year-old mare by Rubenstein Molly Maloney and Rembrandt, a 7-year-old KWPN gelding by Rosseaux David Thind and Wibke, a 13-year-old Warmblood mare David Collins and Bojing, a 7-year-old Hanoverian gelding Heather Mason and Lincoln, a 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding Elizabeth Caron and Schroeder, a 13-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Kathy Hickerson…
When your horse’s joints become stressed or diseased, you might hear your veterinarian talk about osteoarthritis (OA) or degenerative joint disease (DJD). Simply put, OA and DJD, in the natural progression of the disease process, are the degeneration of the cartilage and the synovial membrane, creating synovitis and bone remodeling. In the athletic horse, this degeneration of the cartilage is caused by reactive forces on the joint from the interaction of the horse’s conformation and the ground surface he is working on. It can also be caused by a traumatic wound incident involving the joint. But for our purposes, let’s focus on keeping joints healthy in the long run. Horses of any age can be affected by this issue, but you should be considerate of weight management, shoeing intervals and…
