Must see: Videos for Christmas

Enjoy the best of the action from this year’s World Equestrian Games in Jerez with this set of five videos and DVDs, covering the eventing, dressage, show jumping and carriage driving.

The eventing, show jumping andcarriage driving videos cost £17.99 each, with separate tapes for the individual and team dressage competitions costing £12.99 each. All the tapes run for about 100 minutes.

Available from Equestrian Vision (tel: 01730 892220) or visit www.bramic.co.uk

In May 2002, hundreds of horses and riders put on a spectacular equine extravaganza in front of a floodlit Windsor Castle to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. The video captures this once-in-a-lifetime event and costs £14.99. Also available at £17.99 is a DVD featuring extra behind-the-scenes footage.

Available from Equestrian Vision (tel: 01730 892220) or visit www.bramic.co.uk

One of the most common and frustrating problems experienced by owners is a horse that won’t load. If your horse refuses to walk up the ramp, help is at hand from respected horse behaviourist Cathy Tindall. In this 75-minute video, Cathy shows how to load your horse in three easy stages and offers a step-by-step guide to reinforce the main instruction points. The video is priced at £19.99.

Available from Equestrian Vision (tel: 01730 892220) or visit www.bramic.co.uk

Enjoy a day in the life of Redwings Horse Sanctuary, together with an insight into the daily equine care of horses at the centre including feeding, farriery, veterinary care, pasture management and much more.

The video is available directly from Redwings (tel: 01508 481000) costing £11.90 including p&p.

Based on Olympic dressage medallist Anky van Grunven’s inspiring visit to the UK earlier this year when she demonstrated her highly successful training methods to a packed house at Addington Equestrian Centre, this video is packed with 100mins of entertainment and education for any dressage rider, trainer or enthusiast. Cost£21.99.

Available from Equestrian Vision (tel: 01730 892220) or visit www.bramic.co.uk

This fascinating video shows how the horse’s bones and muscles work in motion, using a live horse with the skeleton and muscular system painted on. The 52mins video includes slow motion studies of walk, trot, canter and gallop to explain the qualities of good and poor movement, plus how to help your horse move better. Cost £19.99.

Available from Equestrian Vision (tel: 01730 892220) or visit www.bramic.co.uk

Also available: Anatomy in Motion: The Visible Rider

These videos introduce the power of visualisation when riding and would be ideal for anyone who wants to improve their riding or their horse’s way of going on the flat. These two videos are based around the US dressage training levels, with basic transitions, changes of direction and circles covered in tape one Getting Started, while tape two First Level covers lengthening, leg yielding, simple canter changes and counter canter. As well as good examples of the work, the aids for the individual moments are explained in clear and consise manner.

Available from Equestrian Vision (tel: 01730 892220) or visit www.bramic.co.uk

Enjoy watching Pippa Funnell and Supreme Rock’s outstanding performance at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials to become only the second combination in Badminton’s history to lead from the dressage throughout. The 100min video includes the dressage highlights, extensive coverage of the cross-country and the final show jumping rounds, which resulted in a British 1, 2, 3. Cost £17.99.

Available from Equestrian Vision (tel: 01730 892220) or visit www.bramic.co.uk