March draft2 - USDF Region 3

MGSHA Newsletter Editor
Carole Burrowbridge
3380 Marshall Mill Rd.
Byron, GA 31008
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March 29/30th-Mark Russell Clinic
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Dressage Training Video!
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(off I-475 at Eisenhower Pkwy)
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A Who’s Who in the History of Dressage 400 BC—1900 AD
Xenophon—(430-354 B.C.)
Ancient Greek horseman recognized as the father of dressage. He wrote The Art of Horsemanship, the first
writings on the art of riding and horse training.
Pluvinel—(1555-1620)
He was considered superior and gentler in his methods than the earlier Italian renaissance horsemen who were his
teachers. He became riding master for Louis XIII of France.
Duke of Newcastle-(1592-1676)
Author of A General System of Horsemanship and New Ways of Breaking Horses, he greatly influenced the French
School of Equitation centered at Versailles.
La Guérinière- (1700’s)
His books included not only technique, but also theoretical principles for a system of classical training. He was
influenced by the Duke of Newcastle and became the primary influence of both the “Romantic School” in France up
until the time of the French Revolution and the “German School” in Vienna Austria until the current time. He is
credited with teaching “the surrender of the hand” and developing the shoulder-in which is considered the
ultimate exercise to help straighten the horse.
Max Ritter von Weyrother -(early 1800’s)
He was head rider of the Spanish Riding School and wrote the training manual for the Austro-Hungarian Calvary
School. He strictly followed the teachings of La Gueriniere and coined the phrase ‘the thinking rider” regarding
the necessity of both practice and theory in the art of dressage.
Gustav Steinbrecht- (1808-1885)
He was author of The Gymnasium of the Horse. He emphasizes the physical and mental development of the horse
through systematic dressage training and riding that he compares to gymnastics or physical therapy for the horse.
Baucher and Fillis- (1800’s)
Influential and controversial riding masters of the Post Revolutionary French School. They are considered great
innovators by some and criticized by others who felt their horses were being over bent and lacking in forward
movement. Because they also performed in the circus taught their horses “unnatural movements” such as the
Spanish Walk and backward canter, the more traditional masters of the German School such as Seeger considered
their more radical methods harmful and warn against them.
L’Hotte- (1825-1904)
Both a student and later Commander of the French Cavalry at Saumur. He was a student of both D’Aure, who
taught dressage and outdoor cavalry riding, and Baucher, who taught dressage and circus riding. He stated the
goals of training were to make the horse “calm, forward and straight”.
Von Holbein- (late 1800’s)
Director of the Spanish Riding School and author of the Instructions for the Austrian Cavalry. In his Directives,
the instructions for training at the Spanish Riding School, he argues that the art of riding has declined due to the
modern trend of hurrying the training of the horse. He states that the fully trained high school dressage horse
must still be an excellent all purpose horse.
General Decarpentry-(1878-1956)
A Riding Master at the Cadre Noir in Saumur and President of the Dressage Committee
of the FEI, he was trained in the tradition of Baucher and L’Hotte but had a broad
understanding of both the French and German Schools of dressage as well as the
differences between circus riding and dressage as art. His Academic Equitation was
written as a guide to those wishing to master “artistic equitation”.
MARCH
2008
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CLASSIFIED LINE ADS ARE FREE FOR MEMBERS!! $5 FOR NON-MEMBERS (30 words max)
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Activities and Events Updates
MGSHA SPONSORED EVENTS
Updates and Regional Events at www.mgsha.org
Members are welcome at all board meetings
March
29th and 30th—Mark Russell Dressage and Natural Horsemanship Clinic— Ft. Valley/Byron
Contact Host Keri Hall or Evie Stephens to rsvp for lunch, directions and availability
April
8th—MGSHA Meeting and Dressage Training Video—Food at 6:30 pm & Meeting at 7 pm
At Ryan’s Steakhouse on Presidential Pkwy (off Eisenhower/I-75 in Macon)
May
10th—Dressage, Hunter and Sport Horse Schooling Show—Hidden Paradise Farms, Lizella
11th—Clinic with Jos Sevriens—USDF Certified Instructor through 4th Level, Lizella
CHECK THE WEBSITE AT WWW.MGSHA.ORG FOR CALENDAR UPDATES AND
LINKS TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS
One way to remember the order of the letters for the small dressage
arena is the mnemonic “All King Edwards Horses Can Make Big Fences”
Dressage Ring
Letters
(basic small arena)
The Junior Division
Longeing/Lungeing A Horse
Lungeing is the most common form of ground work done with dressage horses of
all levels of training. It consists of having the horse move around the trainer in a circle
on the end of a long line. The basic size for a large lunge circle is 65 feet or 20 meters
across with the size increased or decreased to vary the physical demands on the horse.
English riders use lungeing the way that western riders use a round pen. It can be
used to:
Exercise a horse when they can’t be ridden
Allow a horse to get rid of extra energy to make them easier or safer to ride
Train a horse to attend to voice commands and body language
Teach a horse to concentrate when worked
Develop a horse’s strength, balance, relaxation and rhythm
Teach a horse to comfortable moving with a saddle, bridle or rider
Work on a rider’s position and balance
Lungeing should be done in a small paddock or round pen so that the horse
cannot pull loose and with good footing so the horse will not slip. Inexperienced horses
can pull away and get tangled in the lunge line when lunged in a larger or open area
resulting in injury to either the horse or trainer. The trainer should always were gloves
and riding boots when lungeing. The horse should wear protective boots too. Horses
can be lunged in either a snug fitting halter, a special lungeing cavesson or a mild
snaffle bit. Traditional dressage lunge work is always done with appropriately adjusted
side reins and a long lunge whip.
Lungeing is hard work for a horse and the length of the session will depend on
the age and fitness of the horse but should not exceed 30 minutes. The elements of the
training scale should be emphasized while lunging with relaxation, rhythm and
impulsion being most important. Each session should begin and end with work at the
walk and include frequent changes of direction, gait and speed to prevent the horse
from injuring muscles and joints. The work on the lunge become more demanding as
the pace increases or the circle becomes smaller. Young horses should be keep on
larger circles and at slower paces.
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Dressage Terminology
“Collection”
Collection is the final step in the progressive and
systematic training of the dressage horse. The training
of the horse as reflected in the Training Scale begins
with rhythm and relaxation at the foundation and leads
to collection at the pinnacle. If the training of the horse
has been correct, it has enabled the horse to develop the
prerequisite suppleness, strength and flexibility of
muscle and joint. The horse is ready to be asked to
carry more weight on is hind quarters and become more
collected more frequently. Because collection requires
the horse to carry more with of its weight with its hind
quarters, as the demand for collection increases, the
length of the training session will be shortened to 30-40
minutes.
From Portuguese Riding Master Nuno
Oliveira’s Reflections on Equestrian Art ~
Only through sufficient time spent practicing correct
bending, transitions and lateral exercises, will the
horse be prepared for the physical and mental demands
of collection. Before collection is asked of the horse, the
horse must be able to demonstrate impulsion,
throughness and engagement while working on the bit.
Riding curved lines with an appropriate bend gives
each hind leg a chance to develop the strength to carry
more of the weight of horse and rider. Correctly ridden
transitions have required the horse to engage its hind
end, flex the joints of the hind leg and come through
from back to front.
“Equestrian art is the perfect understanding
between the rider and his horse. This harmony
allows the horse to work without any contractions
in his joints or muscles, permitting him to carry
out all movements with mental and physical
enjoyment as well as with suppleness and rhythm.
The horse is then a partner, rather than a slave
who is enforced to obey a rigid master by
constraint.
As the horse’s ability to engage its hind quarters
increases, the horse will be able to stay in balance and
light on its forehand as it is asked for difficult
transitions. It will be able to make tighter turns, go
more deeply into the corners of the ring and make
smaller circles without becoming heavy on its forehand,
heavy on the reins or losing either its balance. It will
be increasingly able to maintain its rhythm and
relaxation throughout the shortening and lengthening
of strides, changes of gait, school figures and lateral
movements. As the horse becomes more collected, the
tempo of the gait will become slower and the knees and
hocks will flex more. The haunches will lower and the
neck will raise as a result of the weight shift.
More than a momentary loss of relaxation, rhythm,
contact, suppleness, straightness or impulsion (the
prerequisite steps of the Training Scale!!) are an
indication that the horse is not strong enough. The
demands for increased collection should be reduced in
frequency and duration and solidifying the work in the
lower elements of the Training Scale should be the
primary focus of training.
Dressage as Art
To practice equestrian art is to establish a
conversation on a higher level with the horse; a
dialogue of courtesy and finesse. The rider
obtains the collaboration of the horse by the
slightest hint of a demand, and the spectator can
then see the sublime beauty of this communion.
He will be touched by the grace and the form, and
captivated as if he were hearing the most
grandiose music…
...The apex of perfection in equestrian art is not
an exhibition of a great deal of different airs and
movements by the same horse, but rather the
conservation of the horse’s enjoyment, suppleness
and finesse during the performance, which calls
for comparison with the finest ballet, or the
performance of an orchestra, or seeing a play by
Racine, so moving is the sight of perfectly
harmonized movements.”
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Contact:
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Dressage Guide
MGSHA has compiled the
Dressage Terminology articles
published in the newsletter
during 2006-2007 into “Guide
to Dressage: Understanding
dressage training through 14
key concepts”!! The booklet
will be available at all MGSHA
meetings and events at a cost
of $5 to members. Remember
that you can use your Bonus
Bucks !!
Websites Worth a Visit
Video Dressage Magazine—Dressage Monthly
http://www.dressagemonthly.com/OnlineClipsList.html
Access to Top Trainers Via On-line Video Service
http://www.dressagetrainingonline.com/
Destination Germany—Training, Sales & Tours
http://www.maneimports.com
Marketing Notes—Anne Sanders
The page is hotting up – I need those MGSHA Membership Directory entries!
Closing date is March 31 so get your ad in to me now!! Let our members know if you
have a service to offer, whatever it might be! Contact Anne for competitive pricing
and more information!
I would like to challenge every member to help – if you have a business it’s easy,
just call me with your ad, but if not, please try to bring in at least one ad for the
newsletter or a class sponsorship for a show from someone you know. Call me for
more information! I will be GLAD to help!!
asanders@cox.net or 478-929-0388 evenings, or 478-335-1487 cell
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AROUND THE BARNS
Are you a new member? Introduce yourself to the club by sending Carole a little bit
about yourself by 15th of the month. Each month, this is where we can get to know
new members and their horses or keep up to date with old members!!
Pictures Welcomed and Wanted!!!
Mercer University’s Equestrian Team just finished their first
season of intercollegiate competition. The small team of riders
went to 3 Hunt Seat Shows and placed in 5 out of 9 classes with
a 2nd Place ribbon at College of Charleston!! The team
members returning for 2008-2009 may venture into the
Intercollegiate Dressage Competition against other Georgia
and Florida colleges. Mercer Equestrian has made great
strides in one year including approaching Athletics with the
idea of Equestrian becoming as a varsity sport sometime over
the next few years. For more information on Intercollegiate
Dressage, visit www.teamdressage.com.
Membership – Robyn Comeau
Cross-Country and More
Essential Dressage Training
Movements for Jumping Horses &
Their Recommended Order of
Introduction
1. Leg –Yielding
2. Turn on the Forehand
3. Rein-Back
4. Shoulder-In
5. Haunches-In
6. Haunches-Out
7. Turn on the Haunches
8. Half-Pass on Two Tracks
WELCOME to the following NEW &
renewing MGSHA member for 2008!!
Renewals:
Keri Hall – Bent Tree Farm (Individual
Membership)
Lola, Christy and Nadia Rosenbaum
(Family membership)
New Members:
Ivey E. Watson – Junior
Please look out for these new faces at MGSHA
get-togethers and give them our usual MGSHA
warm welcome!! Start a new trend: Invite a
friend to our next General Membership
meeting!! HELP US TO GROW MGSHA!!!
Membership Forms, checks &
Inquiries should be submitted to:
Robyn Comeau
9. Counter Canter
10.Flying Change of Lead
MGSHA Membership Coordinator
102 Ruziz Dr.
(Excerpted from The De Nemethy Method:
Modern Techniques for Training the Show
Jumper and Its Rider by Bertalan De
Nemethy)
Kathleen, GA 31047
Phone:
Email:
(478) 787-4107
Robyn.comeau@cox.net
March
2008
MGSHA is a USDF Group Member Organization (GMO) and all members are
automatically USDF Group Members (GMs)
For USDF Participating Membership, members must apply directly to USDF
Volume 5,
Issue 3
If you have not received your newsletter or prefer to get it by email, contact Carole!!
2008 MGSHA Board
Officers
President—Nancy Rector
390-4248
horses4@cox.net
Activities—Evie Stephens
284-6220
evie2266@cox.net
Newsletter and Website
Carole Burrowbridge
338-0448
burroak2@yahoo.com
Membership—Robyn Comeau
787-4197
robyn.comeau@cox.net
Treasurer—Lana Wuolukka
935-9221
lsmithwuo@pstel.net
President’s Bit—Nancy Rector
Hi MGSHA !
Well the year is going by fast and our clinic with Mark
Russell is SOON to be here. Hope you are all registered
either as riders or as auditors.
I will be there for the morning and part of the
afternoon, but have to leave to direct the Middle
Georgia Concert Band in the Cherry Blossom Picnic and
Pops Concert on Coleman Hill at 5 that afternoon.
Riding recently seems to be between raindrops and I
hope that means we will have good hay crops and lower
prices soon. I look forward to seeing you at the clinic.
Nancy Rector—MGSHA President
Secretary/
Marketing and Publicity
Anne Sanders
301-2705 (W) 335-1487 (M)
asanders@cox.net
Directors at Large
Suzie Anderson:
992-6929
sufle@earthlink.net
Sheila Delgiorno
992-9603
rsdelgiorno@bellsouth.net
Corrie Land
474-2351
eqlanding@bellsouth.net
Darcy Sun
785-8493
Sun.darcy@mccg.org
www.mgsha.org
Activities Update—Evie Stephens
There has been some interest in planning some low cost
“peanut” clinics this year starting with one in early June. The cost to
ride or participate in the clinics would be in the $20 range (hence the
name “peanuts”) with everyone invited to bring a friend or students to
audit for free or under $10. Local instructors would volunteer their time
to offer sessions on dressage, jumping, natural horsemanship,
equitation, show etiquette, a show apparel fashion show, longeing, a
mock hunt, braiding, demonstration rides, etc. Riders and auditors of
all ages would be welcome.
Check the MGSHA website for prize list and entry/registration
forms for the May 10th Show and the May 11th clinic with Jos
Sevriens at Hidden Paradise in Lizella. Details and forms will be in
the April newsletter also. Entry and Registration Closing dates
should be approximately 7-10 days prior to the events.