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Eric Dierks and Ralph Hill Rolex Course Walk

 
Eric Dierks and Ralph Hill discuss the big, yet friendly Fallen Dueling Tree -- 2012 Rolex Kentucky effort No. 12. Click HERE to view

The Big Picture

 
The Big Picture When young, I believed anything was possible. I still do. When young, I fell in love with the horse, and their peaceful mirror image they had to offer of myself. I still see it and love it. When young, I have dreamt of being Olympic and World ...

FLAIR®Master Class: Eventing with Eric Dierks and Ralph Hill

 
FLAIR®Master Class: Eventing with Eric Dierks and Ralph Hill.  In this video, Dierks and  Hill discuss the deceptive 2012 Rolex Kentucky XC Double Brush Tables. Click HERE to view.

Eric Dierks and Ralph Hill walk their group through the 2012 RK3DE XC Bridgestone Park Question.

 
In this next obstacle at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****, Ralph and Eric describe how to ride the incredibly daunting coffin jump. Click HERE to view.

Flair Master Class featuring Ralph Hill and Eric Dierks Effort #8, The Brush into Water

 
In this 9th video of the FLAIR® Master Class Eventing Video Series featuring Ralph Hill and Eric Dierks, the pair takes the viewer through the 2012 Rolex Kentucky Effort No 8, the Brush Water Challenge.  Click Here to view the video

FLAIR® Master Class: Dierks and Hill - Effort No 7 - The Trakehner

 
In video number eight of the FLAIR Master Class Series featuring Eric Dierks and Ralph Hill, we focus on Effort No 7 -- The Trakehner.  Its position makes it an effort that needs to be ridden thoughtfully. Click Here to view the video.

Do You Know What You Are Riding For?

 
Observing some of the chaos over a warm up ring, teaching countless times the basics, hearing excuses for mediocre or bad results, gives me the overwhelming feeling that most individuals do not know what they are even riding for? It takes a lot of maturity to look in the ...

Seventh FLAIR Master Class RK3DE video - The Tobacco Stripping Bench

 
Video seven of the Eric Dierks/Ralph Hill Eventing FLAIR® Master Class video series features Rolex Kentucky XC effort No. 6 -- The Tobacco Stripping Bench.   The run up to this seemingly straightforward bench asks the competitor serious questions, as does the terrain leading to the effort. Click here to ...

FLAIR Master Class - Eventing with Eric Dierks and Ralph Hill No 5 -- The HSBC Water Park Part 2

 
The focus of video six of this series covers the second part of the HSBC Water Park.   As multiple options are available to competitors, decisions need making and strategies formulated.   Click here to view the video.

FLAIR® Master Class Eventing: Dierks-Hill No 5 -- HSBC Water Park -- Part 1

 
The focus of video five of this series  is Part One of the HSBC Water Park.  Ralph Hill discusses his approach. Eric Dierks discusses the slow route. Multiple options are available and decisions need to be made, and strategies formulated. Click here to view the video.