Mauro Checcoli Olympic Eventing Gold individual and team medalist Tokyo 1964 Five years have passed since I started doing FISE Instructor Training Courses at Pratoni del Vivaro (taking into consideration the COVID gap). I have taught over a hundred riders. For the most part, at different competitive levels, coming from almost all Italian regions, with…
Theory and practice Theory is knowledge, practice is knowing how to do, but it is always knowledge that precedes the action. Without equestrian culture and skill in training horses no teaching is possible. In horse riding, the trainer moulds his student, the horse.This is an extremely sensitive creature on which any intervention, positive or negative,…
THE PHYSICAL FITNESS OF THE RIDER Susanna Cottica/ Verdiana Diaris Nowadays equestrian disciplines require very thorough and targeted athletic preparation and training for both horses and riders. The modern training parameters require extreme fitness, which is essential to develop sporting and athletic qualities, including concentration, agility and reactiveness. This is essential not only to face…
Purchase and change of ownership of a horse Avv. Michela Masoero – Horses and Law horsesandlaw@gmail.com www.horsesandlaw.it Horses are naturally muscular. Their extraordinary musculature is the result of centuries of selection. Often we hear people say, “the horse is mine because it is registered in my name”, or “the money isn’t into my account, I…
There are approximately 700 muscles in a horse’s body… Prof.ssa Emanuela Valle Dip. Scienze Veterinarie – Università di Torino Horses’ bodies is naturally very muscular.Their extraordinary musculature is the result of centuries of genetic changes, which have refined characteristics such as speed, endurance and strength. Each equestrian discipline has led to the formation of breeds…
The moral issue: is it fair to use horses for sport? By Angelo Telatin Modern theories concerning how horses learn oblige us to make unavoidable changes to keep up with the times. Relationship between human beings and horses. These are important words that represent different schools of thought but all with the same fil rouge:…
Angelo Telatin Professor at Delaware Valley University, Fellow of the British Horse Society, Board member of International Society for Equitation Science Silvia Missaggia ‘La voce dei cavalli the voice of horses’ From the 1st of May 2025, the FEI has officially introduced and enforced an important new rule: the tightness of the noseband on the…
THE DEVICE WILL ENSURE THE HORSE’S NOSEBAND IS NOT TOO TIGHT… Source FEI.ORG The FEI has introduced a noseband Measuring Device designed to enhance horse welfare and standardise assessments of noseband tightness at FEI events. The device will be used by stewards at FEI competitions across all FEI disciplines to objectively control the tightness of…
IN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS USA horse riding by Mauro Atzeri by Susanna Cottica Mauro Atzeri is an Italian rider, master of horse riding, as well as trainer of young horses and riders. He is loved and appreciated in Italy and in the United States. Here he lived for thirty years, and he is known for…
FENCE AFTER FENCE… …WHAT REALLY HAPPENS TO YOUR HORSE’S JOINTS? Prof.ssa Emanuela Valle Dip. Scienze Veterinarie – Università di Torino Watching a horse jump is a unique emotion. The elegance, the power, the synergy with the rider is an exclusive experience: everything seems fluid and natural. But behind that athletic perfection, there is a silent…
