This is a 6-year-old 2020 blog that I have updated a bit.  The curse of the curves is about my ever-ongoing consciousness of my weight. I'm not the lightest. Not the shortest either, though for Dutch standards I'm pretty average. In the UK however I seem to tower over many of my fellow endurance riders. The topic of rider w...

This is the third in a new series of articles in which we will investigate the quality aspect of training and how to maintain a healthy, sound, and happy equine athlete. The first article touched on the basics and "riding in the box," and in the second I gave you information, tips and exercises for the practical quality aspect of training In this t...

I'm thrilled to write another 4 articles for you (if you have missed the previous ones about "Fuel efficiency", "How to gauge the efforts of our horse in work", "Using your HR monitor when training" and "The fitness plateau", have a look at the older blogs on the website. The first of every year (art 1 and 5) are on the normal blog space, for ...

This is part 1 of an older webinar focussed on riding and riding exercises I feel are beneficial for endurance horses. This is part one of this webinar, you will find the second here: ,  Thus webinar in 2 parts  explains the basics I work from, it features pictures and video's of examples and hopefully these will help you with y...