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Author Archives: Nicole Dornseif

Riding without emotions

  • 28. November 2016
  • by Nicole Dornseif
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  Sometimes ideas float through space and settle in different minds at the same time. This makes something happen, people start talking about it, and impressions, thoughts become topics of discussion, awareness is created and a new reality is established. … Continue reading

Head&Tail: Niklas Bschorer

  • 28. November 2016
  • by Nicole Dornseif
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He is regarded as one of the biggest up-and-coming eventing talents: Niklas Bschorer, born 1994. If you ever get a chance to watch him – do it! I have rarely seen such a fine and relaxed training than the one … Continue reading

About memories – and what they can do for you 

  • 28. November 2016
  • by Nicole Dornseif
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There is a little trick that can be very effective in riding. It is called visualization. Before your ride, during your ride. (However, you have to be willing to play along; to search your memory, to look for really good … Continue reading

About recognizing the real McCoy

  • 28. November 2016
  • by Nicole Dornseif
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Breeding, buying a weaned foal, buying an untrained horse – my old girl is getting on in years and I often find myself pondering about these options. I am clear about taking on the training myself, and equally clear about … Continue reading

Head & Tail: Uta Gräf

  • 28. November 2016
  • by Nicole Dornseif
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Clean a horse caked with mud and go ride (a Grand Prix): that’s her motto – and also the subheading of her movies and her book. The way Uta Gräf rides puts her in a class of her own. Just one … Continue reading

Head&Tail: Alizée Froment

  • 28. November 2016
  • by Nicole Dornseif
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She participates internationally at Grand Prix dressage level and in addition to this leaves show spectators astounded by showing her competition horse with only a simple cord. 1 Her most well-known YouTube video „Grand Prix dressage Movements with a simple cord“ shows … Continue reading

Boing! My heart almost leaps out of my chest

  • 28. November 2016
  • by Nicole Dornseif
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First tournament at the barn. In the evening someone asks me on the phone: “And did the child have fun?” Well, as for me – I had great fun!!! Oh, yeah, the child – hold on. I think so. A … Continue reading

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I call horses 'divine mirrors' - they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that. - Allan Hamilton

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