Days 3 & 4: It snowed (and snowed!) Friday night and walking to the barn from the hotel in the morning was such a serene sight. The entire complex is massive with magnificent brick buildings. On Saturday morning all the students rode together in the large indoor. First, they rode their dressage horses and then […]

Day 2: When in doubt…Volte! I’m sure this is a word none of the students here will soon forget. The instructor today got very upset if she saw any student riding around the ring without doing numerous voltes. Of course there were many other exercises that were also required…but ”VOLTE!!!” is what was heard the […]

Day 1: Several months ago, Annie Klepper received a very special invitation from her German coach Nicole Thüngen to attend the prestigious German Riding School in Warendorf, Germany. Thüngen is the Director of English studies at the University of Findlay in Ohio. Each year Nicole takes a group of her university students to Germany to […]