Black Hammock Dressage

01/16/2025

We need more of those horse girls, the days are hard 🖤

01/12/2025

❎❎Game-Changer for Young Horses: Minimum Age for Grand Prix RAISED! ❎❎

Huge news for the future of dressage! The Danish Riding Federation has officially raised the minimum age for horses to compete at Grand Prix level—a move that’s a win for young horses everywhere! 🌟

Starting 2025, horses must be 9 years old (instead of 8 )to compete in national Intermediaire II and Grand Prix classes! 🎉 This gives young horses the time they deserve to mature, develop their skills, and enter the big leagues when they're truly ready—no more rushing to the top too soon. 🐴💪

🔑 What this means:
Horses can now start competing at the big tour level in the year they turn 9, which means for 2025, only horses born in 2016 or earlier are eligible for Grand Prix.

👉 The best part? The pressure is off for those 8-year-olds who can now focus on Intermediaire A and B tests, giving them time to shine without the grind.

This is a positive shift that allows for healthier development, longer careers, and fewer young horses pushed to perform too early. 🌱💚

FEI’s age limit is still at 8, but with the European Equestrian Federation pushing for change, could this be the start of even more positive changes for young talent in the sport? 🤩

Let’s hear your thoughts—is this a win for young horses? Drop a comment below! 👇

09/06/2024

Always 🖤🐴

10/20/2023

It seems so obvious, and there is so much data to back it up, and yet somehow the information isn’t really getting through the barrier of “tradition” and human-centric focus (rather than equine well-being.)

**THURSDAY RESEARCH MEME**

Todays meme relates to the saddle twist/waist for the rider AND horse.

Some riders prefer a narrow twist/waist of the saddle to optimise hip function, comfort and to be closer to the horse. Whilst this maybe useful, it is important that the twist/waist of the saddle is suitable and can accommodate the horse’s conformation and back shape

Previously in trot, jump and gallop we have shown that areas of high pressure in the region of T10-T13 (region of the twist/waist) can have a significant affect on equine locomotion. Reinforcing the importance and complexities of correct saddle fit for both horse and rider
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www.centaurbiomechanics.co.uk/blog/

10/17/2023

Interested in becoming a Kingsley saddle specialist? ✨ Register now! www.kingsleyridingusa.com

08/24/2023

Shout out to the ponies!!! 🥰

Henry Cavill didn’t just "do his job". He lived & breathed Geralt.
Before each season Henry spent a couple of weeks training and bonding with the two horses, Zeus and Hector (Roach).

07/25/2023

07/25/2023

07/14/2023

Good things happening!