Thursday, 17 November 2011

Carl Hester - an amazing rider

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/galleries/d/4209-1/Carl-Hester-leap.jpg

"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:

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