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- ↑ The Horse Magazine: Hoyos, Ernst
- ↑ Dressage Today: "How to Ride and Utilize Shoulder-In with Ernst Hoyos", September 2010, reproduced 7 June 2017
- ↑ HorsesDaily.com: Salzgeber Still Leading The FEI/BCM Dressage Riders Rankings, 9 December 2001
- ↑ "Ulla Salzgeber: a Masterclass", in The Horse Magazine, by Chris Hector, [2018]
- ↑ "Making dressage champions – Lisa Wilcox and Ernst Hoyos at work at the Gestüt Vorwerk" in The Horse Magazine, by Chris Hector [May 2022]
