Kingsland Winter Favorites 2011

                                                     Kingsland Jenner Ladies shirt

Kingsland Wardlow Unisex Sweater

Kingsland  Melfort Unisex sweater

                                                    Kingsland Scully Ladies Down jacket

Kingsland Alonsa Headband

  

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Riding is perfection

Carl Hester - an amazing rider

"The 2011 Global Dressage Forum concluded on Monday 31 October 2011 with an apex, when British European team gold and individual silver medalist stepped on the podium for a masterclass on pure dressage training and true horsemanship.
Following the massive success of British Dressage at the 2011 European Championships in Rotterdam, dressage finally seems to have taken the long, coveted turn for the better in which lightness and harmony are praised and scored by the judges instead of the push-and-pull extravagance of some top riders, who are unable to let go of the reins for a second.
A very anxious Carl Hester, who had waved the offer to speak at the Forum for many years, took the podium at Bartels’ Academy and owned it! “I was forced into coming out,” Hester joked. “For the last three years Richard Davison and David Hunt have been promising me that I would do the job at some point......”

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2011/11/08/carl-hester-has-fun-factor
It is an amazing article about an amazing rider- READ IT.

Carl Hester in Nürnberger Grand Prix:

Is dressage a bloodsport?

The FEI Dressage Committee decided to withdraw the bloodrule proposal (for now). The blood rule proposal means to open up for horses competing on the highest level of dressage, after being checked by a FEI vet, being able to continue in the competition even if they are bleeding- fex. from the mouth.

At the moment the rules for dressage does not have a specific rule when it comes to blood on the horse. It is customary for the judge at C to ring the bell at any sign of blood from the horse, and disqualify the ekvipage. Any subsequent discovery that the injury is “minor” has no effect of the decision of the judge on veterinary grounds.

Notion from FEI:

FEI GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS IN RIO DE JANEIRO (BRA)

11 Nov 2011

The Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) General Assembly opened in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) today with a meeting of the FEI Bureau, the first in four days of meetings culminating in the General Assembly on Monday 14 November.
At its meeting today, the Bureau unanimously agreed to a proposal from the Dressage Committee to withdraw the proposed addition to Article 430.7.6: evidence of blood in the arena, in order to allow the Veterinary Committee to study the issue from a horse welfare perspective.
The Veterinary Committee has been asked to propose a general rule, in consultation with the various disciplines, that is valid and applicable for all FEI disciplines. This will be discussed at the FEI Sports Forum in April 2012 as part of the Veterinary Regulations revision, for adoption by the General Assembly in 2012 and implementation on 1 January 2013.
Consequently, a proposed change to Article 8430 of the Rules for Para-Equestrian Dressage regarding evidence of blood on the horse has also been withdrawn. This will allow Para-Equestrian Dressage to be covered by the new rule that will be applied across the disciplines in 2013. In the interim, Article 430.7.6 of the Dressage Rules and the FEI Code of Conduct Article in the Para-Equestrian Dressage Rules, which both cover horse welfare, will continue to allow for the elimination of horses that show evidence of blood anywhere on their body.
The Bureau today also agreed unanimously to postpone a decision on the appointment of the athlete representative to the Dressage Committee member. There are a number of legal issues that require clarification, including the validity of the expulsion of two members of the International Dressage Riders Club (IDRC) - Luis Lucio (ESP) and Maria Ines Garcia Cuellar (COL) - at its General Assembly in Hooge Mierde (NED) on 30 October.
“We we are keen to maintain a healthy working relationship with the IDRC as both the FEI and the Club have a mutual goal, which is to have democratic athlete representation on the Dressage Committee,” said FEI Secretary General Ingmar de Vos.
“The term of the outgoing athlete representative on the Dressage Committee has come to an end, so we need to move forward on this rapidly. We would like to thank Margit Otto-Crepin for all her dedication and hard work in the past.”

From http://www.fei.org/disciplines/dressage/press-releases/fei-general-assembly-opens-rio-de-janeiro-bra

Bitless or Not, It’s About Having the Choice

Article on eurodressage about bitless dressage.


www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2011/11/03/bitless-or-not-it%E2%80%99s-about-having-choice

 

"Bitless riding has attracted quite some interest over the past two years as several renowned Grand Prix riders have been doing bitless Grand Prix demonstrations (such as Uta Gräf and Alizee Froment). In The Netherlands bitless lower level classes were tested which led to the establishment of a special bitless circuit on a national level......." (from the article)

I think that this is a very interesting article and debate.

French and Saunders - Ponies

This video is just hillarious, and I think alot of other people out there will enjoy it as much as I did.

Steffen Peters and Janet Brown-Foy - Training video

The rest of the series can be watched by doubbleclicking on the title of the video and it will re-direct you to youtube. Enjoy!

GMHA Dressage Days History

its been awhile

Its been awhile since I have updated or even looked at this blog. Had alot of stuff going on, so have been neglecting this for months and months.

This blog now has over 1200 pageviews- I am impressed and very happy that some people out there is actually interested in what I have been putting on this blog so far.- Though its not much.

Personally I hope to update this blog alot more, and I appreciate all the views- alot :)

                                                                 (Happy Horse)

Competition

Want to join? Look here: http://ponnysanning.com/2011/october/tavling-i-samarbete-med-emmishopen.html#comment . 
Requires you to know swedish or google translate ;)