Free time in the saddle
Freizeit im Sattel (short: FS ) was a trade magazine about horses from 1958 to April 2008. Especially about recreational riding, robust horses and robust horse keeping. Ursula Bruns was the founder, publisher and editor-in-chief.
history
Leisure in the saddle emerged from the Pony Post founded in 1958 by Ursula Bruns , a hectographed circular for pony owners. In 1969 the magazine was renamed to Freizeit im Sattel . Subtitle: “Largest international magazine for the breeding and keeping of robust horses” (1969–1979) and “Horse love with expertise - the magazine that shows how to do it” (1980–1992). Ursula Bruns increasingly withdrew from editorial work for reasons of age and then handed it over to her long-term partner Erika Müller, to whom she also sold her shares in the publishing house. In 2008 - after a total of 50 years - Freizeit im Sattel was sold to the Pegasus Verlag and integrated there into the magazine Pegasus - Freizeit im sattel . After three years, he sold to Jahr Top Special Verlag , who discontinued the magazine and only used the readers' addresses for their own purposes.
Topics and meaning
The FS was read by all recreational riders in the 1970s and 1980s. It was a pamphlet for horse-friendly riding, a counterpoint to the "carrot and stick" taught at the time in the FN and to tournament sports. Open stable housing was taught as a substitute for stable housing. She was a pioneer for the Iceland horses and Horse Owning, for trail riding and endurance riding and the establishment of the VFD . She initiated the groundwork and easy riding with the 10-day courses for adult beginners. She fought against riding bans in the woods and fields. Even the Western riding was taught in monthly contributions, as well as the method of Linda Tellington . The magazine was the first to report extensively on foreign races and other riding styles : Western riding, classic riding, Iberian riding, Gardian riding, as well as the tölt and pass gaits.
Authors
Long-time authors of the FS were - besides Ursula Bruns:
- Linda Tellington-Jones (USA), Endurance Riding, Training, Easy Riding, T-Touch and T-TEAM
- Jean-Claude Dysli , Western Riding and Western Bridles († 2013)
- Sadko Günter Solinski , France correspondent, trail riding, Camargue riding († 2005)
- Pierre Burkhardt, Swiss correspondent, trail riding
- Ewald Isenbügel, equine medicine and health
- Jochen Brandt, trail riding, horse dentistry
- Jutta von Grone, Around the Horse Pasture († 2013)
- Marlies Hofmann, dealing with horses, equestrian games.
layout
LEISURE IN THE SADDLE, Ponypost
until 1973
LEISURE IN THE SADDLE, PP
1974–1979
free time in the saddle
1980–1985
free time in the saddle
from 1986
Until 1973 the magazine appeared as "FREIZEIT IM SATTEL - Ponypost" , from 1974 to 1979 as "FREIZEIT IM SATTEL - PP" , always with the subtitle "Largest international magazine for the breeding and keeping of robust horses" , a monthly changing title color and a page-filling black and white image. From 1980 the magazine got a new layout and the new title “freizeit im sattel” and the new subtitle “Horse love with expertise. The magazine that shows how to do it “ , always with a large, square color picture. From 1986 the title font was modernized a bit.
