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Articles Archives

ARTICLES ARCHIVES
Welcome to our Archives of Articles written prior to 2004. Be sure to also visit these sections of the site for more articles:
  • New Articles - for our most recent additions.
  • Classical Quotes - for selections of quotes from the Old Masters
  • Zen in Dressage - for articles that involve a Zen and Taoist perspective on the training process.




  • Adolph Kästner (translation)

    tr: TR; ©2003

    The Horses's Neck: A Conformational Analysis

    Thomas Ritter; ©2003

    The Challenge and Journey: Learning Riding

    Thomas Ritter; ©2003

    Directives of the Spanish Riding School (translation)

    Thomas Ritter; ©2001

    Balance: Thrust vs. Carriage

    Thomas Ritter; ©2001

    Classical Dressage is Accessible to All

    Thomas Ritter; ©2000

    The Centered Seat

    Thomas Ritter; ©2000

    Contact and Connection

    Thomas Ritter; ©2000

    Creating Thinking Riders

    Thomas Ritter; ©1999

    Dancing with the Sucked Back Horse

    Thomas Ritter; ©1999

    Elbows

    Thomas Ritter; ©2000

    Fixed Hand vs. Following Hand

    Thomas Ritter; ©2000

    Good Rides and Bad Rides

    Thomas and Shana Ritter; ©2000

    History of German and Austro-Hungarian Equestrian Art

    Thomas Ritter; ©1998

    The Purity of the Gaits

    Simon Battram; ©2000

    Recommended Reading List

    Thomas Ritter; ©2001rev

    Riding Hurts

    Thomas Ritter; ©1999

    Selective Hearing???

    Kathy Donahue; ©2000

    The Three-Point Seat

    Thomas Ritter; ©1999

    Trapping the Horse?1?!

    Thomas Ritter; ©2000


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