Author: Kamila Dupont
Stretching Exercises for the Barn
Teaching has always been a personal passion, hopefully I will continue to educate and inspire others on their journeys. My latest project is called Wellness Through Dressage. Helping horses and rider maintain radiant health throughout life is the focus of my daily work. In the past, I was driven […]
Showing with Christine
Pure Joy! This picture speaks 1000 words. Happy rider, Happy coach, Contented horse. This is what showing should be all about- the joy of sharing in a performance that lives up to its promise. The right preperation leads to confidence – which leads to relaxation and produces just the right […]
Classical vs Modern Dressage
What is classical dressage? The Spanish Riding School is a four hundred year old traditional horse training institution that develops Lippizan horses and their riders up to the Grand Prix Level. It is located in Vienna, Austria and is one of the last places in the world where the development […]
Basics! It’s more than a ribbon at stake.
Anyone who has a good grasp of dressage performance criteria and judging will find this article very interesting. Written by a French Master, the article eloquently describes how an ideal halt, as defined in the FEI Rule Book, embodies and demonstrates correct basics. He then shows a photograph of a […]
Dressage Today Article: How to Sit a Rough Trot
http://dressagetoday.com/article/sit-rough-trot-25164 Question: I ride a 16.2-hand, 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding. His trot is huge and his back long, and since he’s not quite connecting yet, I’m having a really hard time with the sitting trot. It’s quite a rough trot. I’m 5’4” tall. Could you give me advice on how I […]
Kamila coaching Melissa Hogan on Diameter
Diameter is a 20 yr. old Danish gelding who with his rider Melissa Hogan, won the United Stated Dressage Federation Amateur Grand Prix Championship in 2011. Before his retirement we made this video of a training session. It shows the harmony between the three of us, and the high degree […]
Undeniable – An Oldenburger gelding bred by Kamila excells as Hunter.
This beautiful colt was born on May 10, 2006 in Germany to a Hanoveriam mother and was sired by an Olympic Dressage Stallion. He was raised and started under saddle in “the Old Country”, and imported to CA on Christmas Eve in 2006. His jumping talent […]