Horse & Hound

‘Classical is not always best’

I FOUND the feature in last week’s dressage special issue of H&H (6 February) on the classical vs modern debate very interesting. I totally agree with Gareth Hughes’ comments that sport develops and adapts, and that the horses we ride now are so different from those stereotypical classical pictures people often allude to.

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