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A rider on a chestnut horse practices dressage on an outdoor arena. Beside them, text and a diagram explain how to bend a horse’s body during riding, highlighting the riders leg positioning and body alignment.

Bend Your Horse’s Body

Last updated: 19th May 2026 Are you struggling with getting your horse to bend correctly? Is your horse overbending their neck or drifting out through their shoulder? Ideally, we want our horses to have…
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A person on horseback and an instructor stand in an outdoor riding arena. Text on the right reads: How to Ride a Flying Change with German and Caine. Trees and a clear sky are visible in the background.

How to Ride Flying Changes

Before we get started with this week’s video, I wanted to remind you about my new Masterclass Flying Changes Made Simple! This is an awesome new course that goes over the exact steps you…
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A close-up of a horse’s legs wrapped in white protective bandages on a sandy arena, with the text Leg up on Leg Protection overlayed on the right side.

Leg up on Leg Protection

In this video, I explain about leg protection and how I prepare my horse to work while affording his legs some protection. In this video I: Wrap Kensington’s legs with polos & liners Go…
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A person dressed in black and white riding attire is riding a brown horse with a white stripe on its face through a sunlit, green outdoor setting. The riders face is not visible.

Training the Grand Prix with Harvey and the Dressage Foundation

A year ago, I received the Carol Lavell Advanced Training Grant from the Dressage Foundation. It was a huge honor to receive this prestigious award and the funding was used for training my horse…
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A person rides a chestnut horse in an outdoor arena, while another person in a cap holds a cone. Text overlay reads: Spiral IN/OUT to CANTER with CONES. Trees and fencing are in the background.

The perfect set up for your Canter Transition

In my various courses, I review a lot of students videos and I know that many of you don’t have a Dressage court – you ride in a big open field. In this week’s…
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A person wearing a helmet rides a brown horse, with text over the image that says stop leaning forward and slouching. Trees and another rider appear in the background.

Stop Leaning Forward and Slouching

I see a LOT of videos from you – my amazing students. One of the most common mistakes that I see you making is leaning forward and slouching. This is a really bad habit…
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A person wearing a helmet and riding attire is riding a gray horse in an outdoor sandy arena, with trees and fields in the background. The horse is trotting with extended front legs—perfect for those looking to train your eye, just like Phyllis teaches on Patreon.

Train your Eye! Patreon Phyllis

Train Your Eye is back! This week we are reviewing a photo submitted from Patreon Phyllis (Thanks Phyllis!). If you haven’t heard about my “Train your Eye with Amelia Newcomb” segments, these are quick…
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A person on horseback practices dressage in an outdoor arena, while another person in front holds yellow cones. Text on the image reads: Spiral IN/OUT Exercise with CONES.

Ride with a Plan

It’s really important whenever you are riding that you have a plan and that you are giving your horse clear direction. You are the leader and getting control of where your horse is going…
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A rider in formal attire guides a horse through a dressage test in an indoor arena, while judges and spectators seated at tables watch the performance. The text Dressage Test appears in the top left corner.

Dressage Symposium: The Judges View

Last weekend I was lucky enough to get to ride in the California Dressage Society’s annual Symposium. The panel of presenters was Mike Osinki, Jan Curtis, Melissa Creswick, and Hilda Gurney. I rode 4th…
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