William Faerber (Listeners’ Choice)

Art 2 Ride – Developing dressage horses through Classical Foundation Training

(Listeners’ Choice)

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This interview was previously published in 2019 William Faerber (486)

About William
– Will (Founder of Art2Ride) is a Master Horseman who studied extensively in Portugal with Nuno Oliveira whom he considers to be his greatest influence.

He has competed in Eventing, Jumping and Dressage as well as coaching his students to regional and state championships including Horse of the Year awards. He competed on the prestigious Florida Dressage circuit for 3 years where he and his horses were consistent winners. He has been training professionally for over 40 years and was awarded his Silver Medal on a horse that was scheduled to be euthanized, it was so dangerous and unmanageable. A testament to a style of training that considers each horse an individual with different needs.

“Horses should be our partners, not our enemies yet the majority of what we see today is an adversarial relationship between horse and rider. Regardless of which discipline you observe there seems to be a need for a return to Classical Foundation Training which is simply a system developed to gymnastically improve a horse’s ability to carry a rider and hold itself in balance. Only when a horse has been taught to engage deeply from behind and push it’s back up under the rider can be truly balanced and at that point will it accept the rider’s aids without tension or resistance, performing on the weight of the reins.

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William’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– “If you can’t get your horse to like it, it is never going to work” Bill Steinkraus

Time Stamp

01:30 – If you can’t get your horse to like it, it is never going to be very good
04:15 – What Will learned from his Father
06:35 – At the of World War II, there were almost no horses left in the world
10.12 – Finding the sane, humane approach by travelling the world
15:40 – Studying with Nuno Oliveria in his later years was like studying with Picasso in his last days, but it was well worth the time. It would have been better 20 years ago, been less confusing
16:40 – Nuno telling Will to ride the horse
19:00 – What is the difference between the schools of dressage is all the good riders end up at the same place
21:50 – 25 years of Correspondence with Nuno Oliveria book
25:25 – There is a problem that living with children who think they can get it all and deserve everything verses those who work for it.
26:00 – Do they really love animals
27:40 – The horse will tell you the truth about yourself
28:45 – Riding should make you a better person
29:05 – Are you willing to do the work
30:10 – Being in a lab of horse training
31:30 – Fox hunting and still being one of the last riders and jumping over a fence with a eight feet drop and making it over alright
36:20 – Dressage should be about doing everything
38:00 – Expand your mind so that you can control your emotions
39:20 – Hollow horses may win but the trick is to keep your horse competing for a long time
40:00 – If you learnt to riding holding 20 lbs you need to learn to ride again
42:40 – Art2Ride YouTube videos and Facebook page
44:08 – Learn from everyone else
45:28 – Wealthy students are picking the judges
46:00 – Starting new world dressage association
48:15 – Contact details see below

William’s Contact Details
Phone: (858) 232-6091 California US
Email: willfaeber@gmail.com
Website: www.art2ride.com
Facebook: Art2Ride

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