In part 4, we will sum up the features, signs and attendant circumstances of the School seat. And we will define some of the differences found in NHE. SPATIUM “Spatium” is an old School name for the time during which a rider can be on horseback. Our spatium equals 15 minutes. Why? Because our [...]
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Seminar/Workshop June 11th, 12th, and 13th – Presented by Maurizio Patti, official NHE representative from Italy. Hosted by Catherine Scott at her home in Mount Shasta, CA. For more information about the beautiful Mt. Shasta area you can visit The Mt Shasta Chamber of Commerce There is room for on site camping at [...]
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In part 2 we looked at the serious damage saddles can do to a horse’s back, based on scientific evidence. Now we will move on to the more physiological ramifications of riding with a saddle. WHAT CAN BE DONE? Is it possible to minimize uncomfortable (I do not even speak about painful) feelings of a [...]
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In part two, we learned about Kaogi’s story. His is only one example that shows how I choose my horses. And we can make conclusions, how nerve-wracking this process can be. But … everything could happen another way … LIPISINA Lydia found her Lipisina in far-away drunk village, where there was no food for [...]
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KAOGI – When I bought Kaogi, he was approximately 4 years old. Unfortunately, numerous farmers had already covered mares by Kaogi as they decided to make him a breeder. Looking at Kaogi any fool could say that he was not well put together, badly-developed, with angular movements and dystrophied muscles of the neck, shoulders, and [...]
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I can surely say that even if we use the most serious approach in choosing our horses, even if we put an incredible amount of reliance on the hippological, veterinary, behavioral and bio expertise advice, the “main” horses in our lives are not “chosen”, they just “happen”. This rule applies even when we must choose [...]
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In part one we discussed the sensation of a saddle with a rider on a horse’s back and some of the damage this can cause. In part two we will continue that discussion as it relates to NHE and what we have learned through our research. CONFESSION Let’s frankly confess that the Nevzorov Haute [...]
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Alexander Nevzorov brought Haute Ecole to the new, humane level. Haute Ecole is a French term for high school. It is classical dressage stemming from the cavalry with complex moves by the horse including airs above the ground such as capriole, courbette, and levade. He teaches horses to perform the most difficult elements of Haute [...]
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UNDERSTANDING A HORSE IS AN EXACT SCIENCE. 100% of a horse’s feelings have absolutely precise physiological, biomechanical, myological, psychological and other characteristics that can be understood by man. Thank god, everything is known. Everything is more or less clear. The School mount of a rider, which is the topic of our conversation, is developed from [...]
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  Of course, it’s difficult for some to understand and accept, but NHE is NOT an “alternative,” not a “new method” of training or anything like that. It is the ONLY WAY. Everything becomes clear when we remember that “the horse is an exact science”. Her anatomy, her physiology, her [...]
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March 2009 marks the release of the first issue of the professional hippological School journal “Nevzorov Haute Ecole Equine Anthology”. We decided to begin publishing this journal because the truth can’t remain the property of one country or be spoken about in one language: those changes, which are now happening in relationships between humans [...]
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  Alexander Nevzorov, Master and Founder of NHE, is known all over the world as a man who exemplifies the art of being in close partnership with a horse – to love and understand the horse without making him feel pain and discomfort, without violent control, without appealing to its reflexes [...]
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These clips portray the foundation behind this new kind of horsemanship: to stop causing pain for control in exchange for cooperation from the horse. All rights on the pictures are reserved by Lydia Nevzorov and the Nevzorov Haute Ecole  
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  An extract from the Alexander Nevzorov’s interview for the French journalists. Seeing daily the terrible human stupidity and cruelty towards horses around him, Alexander came to the conclusion that there must be a way to work with horses in another manner, to understand them and to behave in such [...]
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Alexander Nevzorov brought Hаute Ecole to the new, humane level. He managed to do what was considered impossible several years ago. He teaches horses to perform the most difficult elements of Hаute Ecole, not only without any constraint, punishment, bridles and bits, that is looked upon as a norm in modern Haute Ecole, but he [...]
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