As a native German, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Sabine Schut-Kery was well versed in classical dressage principles before riding in Ingrid Klimke’s Masterclass in Southern California late last year. However, hearing the German Olympian convey her passion for those principles and for the horses and riders striving to embody them never gets old.
“With everybody focusing so much today on the front legs and the neck being in the right place, I thought it was really a good reminder that the only way we get those parts correct is if the horse is ridden properly, with connection through the whole body and starting with the hind end,” Schut-Kery said.
“If you don’t get the basics right, you get a horse that can do tricks but can’t do a half-halt.”
—Ingrid Klimke
The reality that every correct movement starts with hind-end engagement and propulsion
