Members and Fellow Enthusiasts,
We are pleased to bring you 10 new videos that include an assortment of specialty features. There is a saddle fitting video that everyone should watch to ensure your saddle is helping you and your horse and not hindering you in any way.
I would be remiss not to mention the tragic accident involving my friend and DTO Featured Trainer Courtney King-Dye. There is no further bad news at the moment, they have reduced the ventilator to try and get her to breathe more on her own and have reduced the sedation to allow more natural activity to take place, though none has. The brain takes a long time to heal. I hope that each one of you reading this, find a moment, to send positive thoughts and energy to Courtney. She is most definitely a fighter, I believe she will not stop now! Every one of you should be reminded why it is sooo important to wear a helmet!
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 Courtney King-Dye-USACourtney King-Dye most recently represented the USA in the 2008 Bejing
Olympics. Additionally she represented the USA in the 2007 Rolex World
Cup in Las Vegas, Nevada. Courtney works and trains on the East Coast.
New Video-Grand Prix/S LevelThis video is about getting our horses sensitive to our aids and is applicable to riders of all levels. This video has a big focus on this and focuses mostly on how to bring forth the sensitivity that seems to be lost.  Debbie McDonald-USA
She and the now retired Brentina, have had a long and outstanding career
together. Together they've helped the US equestrian team win a team
silver and team bronze at the World Equestrian games and a team bronze
at the 2004 Olympics. In 2003, Brentina helped Debbie to become the
first American rider to win the World Cup championship. They also came
in third place at the 2005 World Cup. Brentina herself was named the
2005 Farnam/Platform USEF Horse of the Year.
New Video-3rd/M Level
Emphasis on controlling the shoulder, really getting the horse on the
outside rein, having complete control of the haunches, the moment its
asked for. Lots of valuable excercises to use to accomplish these things.
 Catherine Haddad-USA
In 2009 Catherine was ranked 7th in the Western European League.
Catherine Haddad represented the USA in the 2007 Rolex World Cup in Las
Vegas, Nevada. In 2006, as a member of the US Team she was named
reserve rider for the USEF at the World Equestrian Games. She has lived in Vechta, Germany for the last 10 years, running her own stable, International Dressage.
New Video-Training/I Level
The focus is how to hold your hands, how to think of the correct bit
contact and the importance of making your horse always be forward and
in front of the leg.
Catherine stresses the point that when her horses head comes up, the
answer is to drive her forward dont try to fix it with your hands. She
allows the rider to feel
how she must have proper contact before the asks for a proper upward
transition. There is dIscussion of using the seat to keep the withers up. Catherine also
makes big improvements in the flying changes, teaching Annie to use
paralel aids. New Video-PSG/S LevelCatherine
gets Jamie to allow the horses frame to lengthen his frame a bit, not
holding him together always, so compact. This is accomplished by
pushing the hands forward and using the seat to push him toward the
bit. Next they focus on getting the trot through with better rhythem and more brilliance. Then the begin to work on building a very nice trot and canter. Work on transitions from
sitting to posting trot, emphasizing the need to immediately move with
the horse as soon as you sit.  Jochen Schleese-GER
We teach these principles as the Saddlefit 4 Life® philosophy, at the
German National Riding School (to Bereiters and Reitlehrer) and to
professionals and riders around the world!
New Video-Nine steps to figure out if your saddle fits!
His passion is to educate riders on the incredible difference a properly
fitted saddle can make to both horse and rider! The majority of women
are riding in saddles designed for men, and experience discomfort and
difficulty maintaining proper position in a 'male' saddle. Schleese is
the only manufacturer with saddles designed specifically for the female
pelvis. I encourage all ladies to experience the comfort of riding in a
'female' saddle! My focus is to communicate Schleese's commitment to
educating riders and equine professionals on the importance of
maintaining optimal saddle fit, not only to protect horse and rider
from long term damage, but to positively improve comfort, performance
and communication for horse and rider!
 Hilda Gurney-USA
2-time Olympian, 9-time PanAmerican Gamer, Hilda Gurney has been an
enthusiastic participant for more than three decades in the phenomenal
growth of her favorite equestrian discipline, dressage. She is also an
Olympic medalist, national champion, Pan American gamer. USEF S Judge, FEI I Judge, trainer, rider and breeder.
New Video-1st/E LevelBasic relaxing warmup,allowing the green rider to focus on herself. As they move on they work on the half pass, ensuring that Bridget
establishes the shoulder fore first before asking for the haunches to
move over. Next they work on the canter departs, which Hilda says that
she needs to have more contact with the outside rein, getting balance, to ensure more reliable and immediate canter departs.
New Video-I1/S Level
Hilda
gives Lahua some excercises to help get a better change, such as
thinking of moving the inside shoulder under the outside rein before
asking for the flying change. This provides a better setup and
opportunity to be straight and expressive. Next they begin work on the piaffe and passage, which is still in the
elementary stages, but Hilda very nicely explains where your thoughts
should be moving into and out of the piaffe and passage. Next we move a
bit into getting nice square halts and how to fix them when they are not immediately square.
 Katrin Bettenworth-GER
Pferdewirtschaftsmeisterin, has achieved more than
150 wins in Klasse S (Advanced) Dressage. As a German Grand Prix
trainer and competitor she has taught clinics all over Europe,
including Spain, Italy, Denmark and England. Katrin has trained many horses from the lower levels to the Grand Prix
including three horses that competed in the World Equestrian Games in
Aachen, Germany, 2006. New Video-PSG/S ClassEvita is a hot, sensitive horse and Katrin explains that with this type of horse she works her mostly "down" or lower and deeper, relaxation is essential, without it they cannot do any quality work. Working alot on half pass, tempi changes, pirouettes and piaffe and passage.  J.P. Giacomini-USA
Learn Endotapping TM , the Relax Reflex Reward Technique TM , a
wonderfully simple and efficient method that can be used in virtually
any equestrian application by absolutely any type of rider, regardless
of experience or skill.
New Video-USA
How to endotap your horse from basic relaxation to piaffe.
Endotapping other parts of the body to get relaxation in all parts of the body. Evasions of relaxation. Relaxation and the beginning of collection. Beginning to get piaffe steps. Explains exactly what leg to tap to get the correct response. Endotapping for lateral work.
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Tried & True-(My personal take on product I have been asked to take for a test drive, in order to be able to share with the community what the average amateur rider may experience with it.)
I recently spent time on the
TheDigitalHorse.com website and found some extremely valuable tools,
most competative riders can greatly benefit from. The site gives you
everything you could possibly want around Dressage and Eventing tests.
You can click your test of choice and see it digitized on the screen
with a computerized horse riding the movement. I very much like the
fact that I can see the track of the horse at all times, thus showing
me how the movement is supposed to be ridden. The directive is given
for each movement within the test and this is valuable so that you can
see the purpose of the movement you are showing. I also really liked
that there are excercises given and helpful hints on excercises that
are shown to enable you to better be able to accomplish the excercise.
I also found the ability to print the test, with diagrams showns of
each movement, and the directives listed to be great because you are
able to take that to the barn with you for practice and a quick
reminder. So all in all this is a very helpful site, something anyone
preparing to show would really benefit from. As someone who uses a
piece of paper and pencil to sketch out my ring, letters and diagram of
what I am supposed to ride, to ingrain it into my brain, this is a huge
upgrade, now I can see a little digital horse riding it and instead use
mental picturing to envision myself riding the movements. Big upgrade,
positive mental picturing and a great tool to prepare for competition
or planning your everyday riding.
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