Advanced Dressage Training

Angela Niemeyer Eastwood is German and trained to Grand Prix with Ernst Worbs and Hans Dahmen in Germany. She came to the UK in 1970 and competed to Inter II, as well as 3-D eventing, hunting and point-to-point. Angela is a British Dressage Accredited Trainer, holds her BD UKCC Level 3 Dressage Coaching Certificate, is a Para Dressage Coach and is a member of the International Dressage Riders’ Club. She was one of the original twelve BD trainers accredited to train apprentices. As a successful freelance trainer and a position and posture specialist, Angela gives regular clinics and private lessons from novice to Grand Prix.

Andrea Hessay BA is English and has worked professionally with horses for most of her life. She is a listed BD dressage judge. She and Angela co-authored Understanding Dressage Training (Crowood 2011). She writes the official report for the Global Dressage Forum, held annually in Europe, and also writes articles for Horse International and British Dressage magazine. She is a British Dressage Supporters Club committee member.