‘The FEI seems to be moving at a collected walk rather than an extended canter on things that “cannot wait”,’ says Carl Hester

Carl Hester riding En Vogue at Carl Hester yard at Oakelbrook Mill near Malswick in Gloucestershire in the UK on the 3rd September 2020

Carl Hester shares his views on the importance of the give-and-retake in dressage and the need for collective marks

Some 18 months ago, I wrote about introducing give-and-retake of the reins at small tour and grand prix level – an idea that came out of a conversation with Kyra Kyrklund. That initiative gained great support at the FEI General Assembly last year, tabled under “changes in the rules that cannot await because of their […]