24 SIDELINES JUNE 2014
FORHORSEPEOPLE • ABOUTHORSEPEOPLE
After her first day, Chief Rider AndreasHausberger andSuzie
pause at theHeldenberg training facility before heading to the
tea room.
performance and training center. I completed two courses given
by the knowledgeable, talented, charming and exacting Chief
Rider Andreas Hausberger: Training of the Young Horse and
Work On the Long Line. Our small group from all over the world
was treated to demonstration rides, PowerPoint presentations on
thehistoryof the school and the theorybehind the training, and to
behind-the-scenes tours of both centers.
We attended awine baptism in Lower Austriawhere their best
red wine was named after one of the school’s rare bay stallions,
(a bay Lippizan is considered good luck). I attended an outdoor
performanceby theSRS ridersat theOpeningGala for theVienna
Masters where I also got to see a CDI **** as well as stadium
jumping.
I got swept away in the Vienna Opera House listening to
a performance by Jose Carreras; put 440 years of history into
cultural perspective through museum tours guided by my friend,
anexhibitionmanager; tried the famousSacher cakes in fabulous
coffee houses; and arranged for a lunge lesson that took place
at a private facilitywhere one of theSRS riders ledme through a
series of exercises to improvemy rider position.
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Suzie stands amongst SpanishRidingSchool riders and stallions in the indoor arena at
Heldenbergwith fellow students fromBelgium, England, Norway, Germany andAustria.
Sweet and loving stallions greet students inHeldenberg.
