English

The English Disciplines


Are you and your horse safe, consistent, and pretty over fences? Is your horse brave and forward? Can your horse turn fast and jump high? Can your horse gallop over unfamiliar terrain and jump scary stuff with confidence? Is your horse obedient and supple?  Can your horse(s) pull a cart or carriage with skill and style? Can your horse perform beautiful maneuvers with only the subtlest cues? The “English” disciplines rise to some or all of these challenges. Dressage, eventing, combined driving, pleasure driving, saddle seat, quadrille, hunter-jumper…what these sports have in common is a high level of training and fitness…and no pommel to hang on to!

Meet the Connemara Pony

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date January 2014 The Connemara pony originated in the rough landscape of the Connemara…
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Oak Hill Ranch – Quest for the Best

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date October 2013Oak Hill Ranch, in Folsom, LA, is the premier Danish Warmblood breeding…
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Lessons from Olympic Medalist Karen O’Connor

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date December 2013 Karen O'Connor, five-time Olympian in the sport of three-day eventing (dressage,…
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