News

~ Inter Horse Fair 2020 ~

 

 

I am happy to inform you that I will contibute a video for the Inter Horse Fair 2020:

´History and important exercises of the Art of Riding´.

 

Have a look at the other well known trainers and experts or get your ticket here:

 

https://interhorsefair.com/


~ Workshop schedule 2020 ~

 

 

 

 

 

My schedule for the upcoming year is set now.

At least for the first half of the year.

 

Please stay tuned for updates!


~ Horse Cultural Performance SEOUL 2019 ~

After almost four exciting weeks in Seoul, South Korea I am back in Germany.

I got the chance to take part and represent the classical/baroque art of riding in the 7th ‚Horse Cultural Performance‘ by the Korea Racing Authority (KRA), organised to introduce horses and equitation even more to the Korean people.


It is a great project and I am honored to be a part of it.

The level of riding and horsemanship of KRA´s Equestrian Team and the amount of work and love that they put in training and taking care of their horses really impressed me.
I am curious to see how the fast growing equestrian scene in South Korea will develop in the future.


~ Work stay in SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA ~

From 7th until 31th of October 2019

I will be working in Seoul, South Korea.

I am very much looking forward to this time and the chance to bring the Baroque Art of Riding to Korea.

 

Please understand that I might not be able to answer your requests immediatly during that time.

 

I hope to be able to share a bit of this exciting project with you via pictures & videos!


-- New edition of the REITKULTUR magazine --

The next edition of ´ReitKultur´ will be published on the 26th of August. The topic is ´From trust to collection´.

How important is trust and a strong connection between horse and rider in the art of riding?

And how can I build up such a relationship?

 

Well known trainers like Marius Schneider, Sonja Weber or Anja Beran try to answer these questions for you.

In my article about Bent Branderups horse ´Swan´ and his education, I mostly deal with the question, how to treat a horse in training that is rather timid and nervous?

 

You can place your order here:

https://crystal-verlag.com/produkt/reitkultur-7-vom-vertrauen-zur-versammlung/


WORKSHOPS August 2019 - Bavaria & Berlin

 

Last week I had the chance to meet a great and highly motivated group of horse people, who share the passion for the classical art of riding.

Thank you very much for your interest and the cooperation, I always learn a lot from my students myself. 🤗

Especially the diverse horses were really interesting - we had everything from Lusitans over Warmbloods to New Forest Ponies and a Polohorse.


New offer - clinics and workshops!!

 

From now on I am available again for weekend clinics or single workshop days at your stable!

 

More infos at ´Offer´.


"Human and horse in change" -                                               Symposium from 22th of June to 01th of July 2019

See my interview about the history of the art of riding and its use for human on the !! 27th of June !! - free and from home!

 

Follow this link to sign up for the event:

https://www.digistore24.com/redir/270098

 


- Our Stay at Bent Branderup´s place in Denmark -

QB and me are staying in Denmark for a 3-months-internship at Bent Branderup´s stable ´Lindegaard´. (April - June)

I am looking forward to the chance to learn from this riding master and scientist, one of the last true heirs of the Old Masters from the Renaissance and baroque era.

Of course I am still available for your request! :)


*** Clinics: Art of Riding in 2018 ***

After a great start of our clinics in 2017, we come back this year with four more dates:

 

The Saturday will be just for spectators, starting with some theory, followed by a practical demonstration with our own horses.

 

NEW in 2018: The next day (sunday) will be a chance for participants with their own horses to take a lesson with us. We will deepen the content of the previous day.

 

Contact: reitkunst.info@gmail.com


* Horsefair `Reitsportmesse Niederrhein´ 10th-12th of november 2017 *

We have three exciting days behind us! We were at two shows everyday at the horsefair in Kalkar with QB and Savannah, each focused on a different topic.

From work in hand to pillar work to starting the passage or doing a little tour through the art of riding we tried to shortly raise every topic.

The horses did a great job, of course. QB is a pro by now, but for Savannah it was the first appearance in such a setting.

We put together a short video with excerpts from the last day of the fair - enjoy it. :)


*** Horsefair appearance 11/2017 ***

I´m very excited to announce another participation in a horse fair for my horses and my team: On november the 10th - 12th 2017 we are going to be in Kalkar at the ´Reitsportmesse Niederrhein´. 

QB, Savannah and Simon Reinert will join me and we are to do two appearances per day.

At that we will try to take you on a little journey with us to the Why? and How? of the art of riding

Including work in hand and work with a helper on horseback.

We are looking forward to see you there!


--- Article for the ´PIAFFE´ magazine - XENOPHON ---

I´m happy to show you my next published article in the ´Piaffe´- magazine.

It is the first one in a row of articles about the Old Ridingmasters. We started out with Xenophon, the very first Ridingmaster from the ancient times (430 - 355 BC). He was the first to leave us a written work behind about the horses and their training. 

The article deals not only with the principles and methods to educate a horse, but also with the tack of this time, the keeping of horses and the cultural and historical background.

So - a very exciting topic. :)


>>> "The Sound Of Silence" musicvideo/short film <<<

 

I´m so excited to finally share my latest project with you: A musicvideo with QB to one of my absolute favorite songs, "The Sound Of Silence" by Disturbed. QB, our main character, was great as always and handled it far better than the ´two-legged actors´. :D

We had so much fun with the production, here again a huge thank you to my awesome camerawoman Kirsten Arians. The initial idea was just to make kind of a choreographed dance with the horse to the song, but in the end we made up a little story around this, with the help of my brother (thank you again, Timo). But I won´t reveal more about that ...

Do you see through what the film is about? What do you think of it? :)


> Workshop ´Collection of the horse´ <

On September the 2nd we held our second workshop at our own place, this time the topic was ´collection of the horse´.

 

With three completely different horses (Iberian horse, Warmblood, Quarter Horse) we tried to show the advanced progress of the horses training. Including straightness training, the teaching of Piaffe, Passage, Spanish Walk, School halt, and so on. Another topic was, how one can adapt the education to the individual needs of the horse, considering its character, body and the natural crook of the body.

 

Our horses did great and once again we thank our interested, motivated audience as well as our engaged helpers and guest riders.

The link below leads you to a short film with impressions and excerpts of the demonstrations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccOpaUoZZk0&t=1s


>>> Lesson in the school jumps <<<

                  12.07.2017

 

Once more I hit the road to Bückeburg/Auetal, among others to work on the school jumps with Hugo Ferreira (student of Luis Valenca) from ´Barock - und Dressurpferdeausbildung´.

We worked with 2 of his sauteurs, a young buckskin which is still learning the capriole and with the older ´Zaro´ (picture) who already has mastery of the leaps.

Thank you very much for the great deal of input!


>>> FIRE CLINIC Castle Satzvey <<<

                09./10.07.2017

 

To be able to have in the future another exciting element for shows or something else, QB got to get used to go through fire during a clinic of ´Emotion Pferd´, either with me on the ground or in the saddle.

Like I expected he did great from the beginning and even the clinics of ´Emotion Pferd´ I can recommend you warmly.

 


Workshop ´Basis of dressage training and collection´ on May 20th 2017

On the 20th of May we hold our first workshop in the art of riding. 

We had a lot of fun, our horses did great and we thank again our interested and involved participants and the team of Petra Timmler for the preparations.

The day started out with a little show in costume, in which we could show our favorite exercises with our own horses. Right after that we gave a talk about ´the basis of dressage training and collection´, followed by practical exercises for a better posture on horseback.

After that our youngster ´Lucky´ showed the beginning of work in hand and under saddle.

After a nice and sunny lunch break with lots of pizza, Maike and ´Polarstern´ showed how to educate the different side passes in walk and trot, along with the aids of the rider.

Finally ´QB´ and me presented some work in hand up to the canter and the start of the spanish walk, as well as bending exercises in all paces under saddle and the basis of canter work, including lead changes with walk, conter canter and the first side pass, the contershoulderin.

 

We are looking forward to the second part of our workshop on the 2nd of september 2017!

A huge thank you to our parents and Julia Neubrand for their great support!

 


>>> My first article <<<

Today the new ´Piaffe´ edition is published, among others with my first news article about the question "Why is horse riding an art?".

I am so excited and very thankful to the ´Piaffe´- Team to offer me this opportunity!

If you want to read more, take a look inside the magzine ;).

 

http://www.wu-wei-shop.de/…/Piaf…/Magazin-Piaffe-1-2017.html



25th/26th of February,2017 - Clinic in Munich (Steinhöring)

The last weekend of february I held a 2-days-clinic at the place of Sandra Löckener. I got to know some really nice and passionate horsemen and great horses. 

From the work in hand to develop the flexions and side passes, past good transitions up to the beginning of the school halt and the piaffe, we went through everything. 

Keep on practising you dear!


 

29.-30.10.2016 - Clinic in Stuttgart

I gave a wonderful little clinic in Stuttgart - our topic was ´Keeping the horse sound through collection and straightness´. 

A really important theme for every riding horse, which we dealed with in the morning with the horses and in the afternoon in theory.

We learned a lot and had much fun together! 

I am looking forward to go back here soon.


 24.-25.09.2016 - Clinic in Ennepetal

This weekend I was in Ennepetal for the first time, to hold a little clinic with 6 participants - thank you again Steffi Born for the organisation.

We had a lot of fun and could take a lot along from this 1 1/2 days of learning, with theory and praxis with the topic "beginnings of collection".

I am looking forward to the next meeting!