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The 1936 Olympics Dressage Test
From Einar Schmit-Jensen's book Equestrian Olympic Games Ancient and Modern

Caroline Stephens
Jan 1, 20241 min read


FEI General Principles 1955
From the archives of Einar Schmit-Jensen

Caroline Stephens
Jan 2, 20231 min read


The beginning of the end?
FEI Olympic Dressage Committee Judges Meeting Aachen 1954 Prepared by E. Schmit-Jensen (Member of the FEI Olympic Dressage Committee) A...

Caroline Stephens
Oct 1, 20225 min read


A 20th Century Master
Syliva Stanier LVO Sylvia Stanier was one of the great riding masters of the 20th Century. Riding from an early age, she grew up with a...

Caroline Stephens
Sep 19, 20222 min read


The Dudgeons - Lt Col. Hume Dudgeon OBE/MC & Major Ian Dudgeon MC
By Sylvia Stanier LVO and Caroline Stephens Colonel Joe Hume Dudgeon was a remarkable man. He was born on the 19th March 1893 and was...

Caroline Stephens
Sep 19, 20224 min read


Reflections on the Olympics 1956
Stockholm, by Einar Schmit-Jensen for Light Horse

Caroline Stephens
Sep 18, 20221 min read


Correct Hands & Supple Wrists!
SUPPLE WRISTS AND CORRECT HANDS/ARMS "Supple wrists" - Einar would say this time and time again, without good hands you could not ride...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 22, 20221 min read


The Schumanns
Circus Schumann, Ernst & Oscar Schumann spent time with Fillis, and Einar also spent time with them. I'm not sure which of the...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 22, 20221 min read


Chief Rider Moritz Herold
It is amazing just how many great equestrians were airbrushed out of history - even with the SRS there were many many names that are lost...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 22, 20222 min read


Ludwig Koch - a truly exceptional artist
Koch became known mainly as a horse and genre painter. He was a guest at the Spanish Riding School for many years, and recorded many of...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 19, 20222 min read


A TRUE HORSEWOMAN
A 20th Century Master Sylvia Stanier was one of the great riding masters of the 20th Century. Riding from an early age, she grew up...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 17, 20222 min read


THE INCOMPERABLE OM STENSBECK
The wonderful OM Stensbeck in beautiful balance and harmony - of the key masters at the Hannoverian Cavalry School who schooled horses...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 17, 20221 min read


The Classical Seat - Felix Burkner (1883 - 1957)
From Felix Burkner (A Riders life) Oberst Felix Bürkner 1883-1957. Born in Göttingen, Germany, Bürkner started riding at the age of...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 17, 20222 min read


Insights into DAP (Diagonal Advanced Placement) The "rushed" hind leg
Koch describes it as the rushed hind leg” whereby ”the hind legs contact the ground unbent and in a dragging fashion and the hind leg is...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 17, 20221 min read


THOUGHTS ON WHY LEG YIELDING (NOT YIELDING TO THE LEG) IS NOT A CLASSICAL EXERCISE
This came up on a thread and this was my post, which I've added Fritz Stecken's thoughts to at the end. This is based on Seunig's...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 17, 20222 min read


FRITZ STECKEN
Often accused of making slow progress, but the validity of his method was born out of the lightness and ease of the numerous horses he...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 17, 20222 min read


THE FORGOTTEN GAITS
So often recently - even to members of the Cadre - I have tried to explain the forgotten school walks which - as a result of people not...

Caroline Stephens
Jul 17, 20222 min read


A REVIEW OF DECARPENTRY'S WORK ON RAABE BY SEUNIG
A review of Decarpentry's work on Raabe by Seunig

Caroline Stephens
Jul 17, 20226 min read
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