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2010
NEWSLETTER n°1
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2008
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2007
NEWSLETTER n°1
Already five years Colonel Christian Carde
Calm or tense ? Tuire Kaimio
Is grinding the teeth more than an aestethic problem ? Why do some horses grind their teeth immediately the rider takes the reins ? Why do other horses become tense during flying changes or swish their tail during the piaffe, again turning calmer when the movement is done ? The horse seems tense, but always during the same event.
Tribute to Jean d'Orgeix Nathalie d'Orgeix
He was our master, he was our friend... Kathy Amos Jacob
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2006
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2005
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2004
NEWSLETTER n°1
A word from the president Colonel Carde
Happy dressage Colonel Carde
One of the primary goals of our association is to make sure that we adhere as far as possible to article 401 in the FEI rules so that dressage competition does not stray from either the classical concepts or artistic expression. Allege-Ideal was therefore very concerned on learning that the foreword to this article had been changed.
An interwiew with Uwe Spenlen Karen McDonald
International dressage judge and trainer
Equestrian culture
Support, tension contact Jean d'Orgeix
We have during these last years heard a great deal of controversies and opinions concerning support, contact, and rein tension. Suddenly, I have to ask myself, are we speaking of the same things? If not any comprehension of the subjects is impossible.
NEWSLETTER n°2
A word from the president Colonel Carde
Tradition versus contemporary trends … yet again Colonel Carde
Among the news items relating to horse sport, there are several that we should pay attention to. To begin with, the interview in the magazine, L’Eperon, with Eugénie Angot; the symposium held in Saumur at the Ecole Nationale d’Equitation; the open letter to the FEI from Mr. d’Orgeix and Mr. d’Oriola; the visit of John Lyons to France and Belgium; and finally the long article by Gerhard Politz, in the American magazine, USDF Connection. What do these five events have in common, you might ask. In all of them, I see warnings, which we should not take lightly, and significant indications about the future direction of equitation.
Equestrian culture
Open letter to the F.E.I. Jean d’Orgeix and Pierre Jonquères d’Oriola
Excerpts from the open letter addressed to the F.E.I. on June 24th 2004
The functional seat, a prelude to lightness Michel Henriquet
Fundamental conditions for success must be created at the very start of equestrian activities to endow the aspiring equestrian with the suitable static position and its dynamic changes in motion. The balance of the ridden horse, therefore his lightness, depends on the correct distribution of his weight and the rider’s weight between the front and the back.
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2003
NEWSLETTER n°1
One year already! Colonel Carde
Which future for Dressage? Colonel Carde
Like many other artistic or not sports activities, dressage is subject to an understandable evolution. Among the countries at the cutting edge of this discipline, Holland and Germany have for several years greatly contributed to its development and are asking themselves what the future holds for dressage. Answering these questions was the goal of the Global Dressage Forum held in Holland at the end of last year.
Reflexions of a show jumping rider on the Global Dressage Forum Jean d’Orgeix
As I’m sure most of our members and visitors to our site did, I read with great interest the article by Colonel Carde that reported on the Global Dressage Forum in the Netherlands. I am by no means a specialist in this discipline; but, being a horseman, I love and respect Equestrian Art.
NEWSLETTER n°2
A word from the president Colonel Carde
Problems that equestrian instruction never mention! Jean d’Orgeix
It is curious to note the number of problems created in equitation, problems that unquestionably give rise to grave silence in equestrian instruction. There are many such examples but let us only mention one among them all for it has a direct influence on lightness of the rider's aids.
Equestrian culture
High level equitation and competition Michel Henriquet
Ten thousand kilometres east and west ? Colonel Carde
Travelling the world in order to help riders in their quest to improve their dressage equitation, I have realised that the double question can be asked of all: what basic work must be done? How should one proceed towards the higher levels?
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2002
NEWSLETTER n°1
A word from the president Colonel Carde
Editorial Maurice Druon
Some reflexions on lightness Michel Henriquet
Before analyzing lightness, or should we say the different degrees of lightness, it makes sense to look at the mise en main which, although part of lightness, comes before it is achieved.
Support… the word that causes so much harm… Jean d’Orgeix
The equestrian ideal in higher equitation can only be reached with a horse in full submission and total muscular freedom. And this strictly bans the least tension on the reins. The role of the hands is to permanently maintain - thanks to the mobility of the jaw - the relaxation, therefore the suppleness of the horse, to allow communications of the rider's cues, but only by short actions. Why?
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