Channel excess energy
MEET THE TRAINER
NIKKI BARKER is an international dressage rider and trainer who’s based near Newmarket. She’s sponsored by Knowles Equestrian and Spillers, find her on Facebook at Nikki Barker Dressage.
MEET THE RIDER & HORSE
JESSICA KNOWLES has owned the lovely Indy (show name Lago Ironica) for four years. A PRE Andalusian, the nine-year-old mare competes at elementary level dressage and Jessica describes her as “very quirky”.
WE NEVER SAID riding horses was easy. If you want to succeed at dressage, you’ll need a little power under the bonnet — but that power has to be channelled into all the right places. And sometimes your horse may have his own ideas as to where
