We’ll Take You Along for the Ride
Jessica and Benjamin take you along for the ride and share exclusive, real-life insights into their training with you. Across the different Dressage Masterclasses, you’ll learn how Jessica and Benjamin work on concrete movements with several horses – from youngster to seasoned Grand Prix competitor. Over the course of the training, they further develop them and fine-tune the details. Get tips for your riding and suggestions for your personal training at home.
„We’ve been fortunate to have so many incredible horses in our lives, and we want to share our experiences and the training concepts that have most helped us along our journey with you and your horses.“
Dressage Masterclasses
Our Training Methodology
What do I do if my horse’s changes are late behind? How do create a canter pirouette in true self-carriage? How can I utilize the warm-up to optimally prepare my horse for learning new movements? Jessica and Benjamin demonstrate which elements of the movements they focus on with horses at different ages and training levels. It’s a lovely demonstration of how they are adjusting to the different horses’ temperaments and what their priorities in demanding training situations are.
Passage & Piaffe-Passage Transitions
The prerequisite for the passage is that the rider can influence the frequency of the trot. We want to be able to slow down the movement sequence of the trot with the seat, without having to use the reins to brake. In this course, you will learn how to teach your horse to listen to your seat and how to ride fluent transitions.
Our way to the Piaffe
The piaffe is a movement of the ‘high school’ or haute ecole and the pinnacle of collection. It teaches the flexion of the haunches- the flexion of the major joints of the hindquarters (hips, stifles, hocks = haunches) and strengthens the hindquarters. We like to introduce the piaffe early, in a playful way and then take our time to develop it.
Travers & the Half Pass
In essence, the half pass is travers ridden on a diagonal line. It should be supple and have impulsion with both front and hind legs over well, thereby promoting the mobility of the shoulder and hip joints.
Flying Changes
We first begin to introduce the flying changes playfully, and only over time do we work on improving the quality. That’s how we produce relaxed, clean, forward, uphill, and straight flying changes.
The Canter Pirouette
The canter pirouette is a crown jewel among the upper-level movements. This exercise improves coordination and carrying power. The horse learns to bend his haunches and carry more weight behind, allowing him to elevate the forehand.
Shoulder-In
The shoulder-in is one of the key movements in dressage. It helps to develop flexion, bend and collection. It improves the mobility of the shoulder and serves as optimal preparation for other dressage movements such as pirouettes and half-passes.
The effective Warm-Up
The foundation of successful training is an effective warm-up. This is where we build a connection with our horses and prepare them physically and mentally in order to get the most out of our dressage training.
Choose any masterclass
based on concrete topics and movements.What you’ll get:
- Exclusive training videos with different horses
- Graphics/visualizations and exercise sheets
- Interactive questionnaires for self-reflection and to help you optimize your own training
Your advantage:
- The price is listed in each masterclass
- Pay once, gain life-long access
- New courses are regularly added
„We didn’t want to re-invent the wheel. Instead, we’d like to show you how we train our horses at Aubenhausen, what we might be doing differently, and which exercises and training concepts are the most helpful when working on new movements.“