Susanne Miesner: German dressage master on bits, principles and more..

Chris Hector and and Roz Neve chat to their friend and master German horsewoman Susanne Miesner. Susanne has been successfully training horses for over 30 years and was awarded with the “Stensbeck plaque”. Her trainers have been Herbert Rehbein, Fritz Tempelmann and Johann Hinnemann. She’s won numerous championships and Bundeschampionat titles, successfully training horses from young horse classes to Grand Prix. She has incredible theoretical knowledge as well and was one of three authors to write the “The Principles of Riding” for the German National Equestrian Federation and has been a member of the German bereiter testing committee for over 15 years Susanne talks about the problem with some bits, the main key to good dressage and making the horse better at each level, what is true contact and why it’s so important (and why we keep bringing you articles on it!), fitting nosebands in the most efficient and effective way. She talks about the correct half halt, the standard of riding today and ideas to uphold the principles of dressage. Link to articles: http://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/whos-who/meisner-susanne/