Dressage Tips

Good dressage horses are made, not born! But there’s no secret how they’re all made! The scaffolding we use to build up our horses and our own dressage ability is The Dressage Training Scale,…
How do you pick up the correct canter lead? Isn’t the canter such a joyful gait!? The rocking motion and three-time rhythm are both elating and soothing! It just feels RIGHT, am I right?😝…
How do you ride a half-halt with your seat and thighs? Ah the Elusive Half-Halt. Do you ever feel like your half-halt is more halt than half? Have you ever had your instructor yell…
Dressage is ALL about the basics, whether you are just starting out in Dressage or you have been riding Dressage for a while, keep these simple tips in mind and your riding will improve!!…
The snowman is seriously one of the best exercises you can use to improve your canter transition and work on your horses’ suppleness, throughness, and impulsion!! This exercise is great for tense horses, lazy…
So what’s the big deal? Why is inside leg to outside rein so important in Dressage? And why is it so difficult to get the horse off of the inside leg and into the…
Looking for a new horse or riding a horse that is unfamiliar to you can be both very exciting and extremely nerve wracking. Last week I took a trip to Holland where I saw…
All horses (and all riders for that matter) are crooked. Horses’ hips are wider than their shoulders so when they are traveling down the rail it will give the appearance that they are in…
Posting trot is not easy to do well – you have to coordinate your seat, legs and hands and stay in tempo with your horse! But, posting trot has a lot of important benefits…
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