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Norwegian Dressage Rider
About Maria Hansen
At the 2023 FEI Dressage World Cup Final in Omaha, Maria Hansen rode her 11-year-old Norwegian-bred gelding, Fjordvik’s Eirik, through a flawless Grand Prix Freestyle, using only hand and seat aids for 92% of transitions, a deliberate departure from conventional rein reliance. That performance sparked quiet but widespread discussion among biomechanics researchers at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, who later collaborated with her to publish a peer-reviewed study on lateral suppleness development in cold-climate-bred warmbloods. Maria trains exclusively at her family’s coastal farm near Bergen, where salt-air conditioning and fjord-adjacent hillwork shape her horses’ respiratory stamina and hindquarter engagement differently than lowland European programs. She refuses GPS-guided training apps, sketching all dressage tests by hand in waterproof notebooks bound with reclaimed fishing line, a habit rooted in her grandfather’s cod-fishing logbooks. Her technical precision isn’t about perfection; it’s about making the invisible language between rider and horse legible, even to spectators unfamiliar with piaffe or passage.
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- “How did growing up near Bergen’s fjords influence your horse’s lateral suppleness training?”
- “What’s the story behind Fjordvik’s Eirik’s ‘no-rein’ freestyle at Omaha 2023?”
- “Why do you sketch every test by hand instead of using digital tools?”
- “How does salt-air conditioning change your horses’ respiratory development?”