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A woman in riding attire and helmet stands by a dressage arena, holding green resistance bands attached to a rail, performing fitness exercises. Trees and letters marking the arena are visible in the background, enhancing her connection with equestrian training.

Contact and Connection – Fitness Exercises

In this video, I share a few simple fitness exercises you can add into your routine to help improve your contact and connection, and ultimately help your horse become rounder and more through. These…
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A person wearing a helmet and patterned shirt rides a brown horse in an outdoor arena, with trees in the background. Text on the image reads Point and Shoot.

Turning Made Easy: Point and Shoot

Turning your horse sounds easier than it is. Often horses lose impulsion and slow down in turns, drift to the side, overturn, or don’t turn at all! In this week’s video I share a…
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Amelia, in formal riding attire and helmet, rides a dark horse with a white saddle pad in an outdoor equestrian arena, practicing eye training amidst lush green foliage and trees.

Train your Eye with Amelia: Allison

“Train your eye with Amelia Newcomb”- The nifty 5 minute read that helps train your eye for dressage, rider position, and more. This is Allison and her late horse Tebow who recently passed away….
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A diagram of a horse performing a haunches in dressage movement is on the left, while on the right, a rider guides a chestnut horse in the same movement in an outdoor arena. The text reads Haunches In.

How is your Haunches In?

This week I wanted to make a video on a movement that is the butt of many rider frustrations, it’s haunches-in..(terrible pun intended! 🙊). Haunches-in isn’t a simple move and I often find myself…
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A split image shows two horse skeleton diagrams on the left—one with a horse invert neck and one with a horse curl neck—and two photos on the right of a rider on a dark horse in matching positions. Text reads invert or Curl?.

Does your horse invert or curl?

When your horse curls behind the vertical or won’t take the contact, it is impossible to get your horse to correctly engage their hind end or use their topline. You will find that regulating…
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Dressage is hard

Dressage is Hard – Recap from the Dressage Nationals

I took my two horses to the U.S. Festival of Champions in Lamplight Illinois last month. It was an inspiring experience and I learned a ton. Here are my biggest takeaways from the show….
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A rider in equestrian gear demonstrates two different rein lengths on a black horse. Text reads Rein length for Roundness on a blue and green background.

Struggling with Rein Length and Contact?

Do you struggle to keep a steady contact? Are your reins always getting too long? Does your horse constantly pull the reins out of your hands? The right rein length is crucial for us…
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30 days to round review

Review: 30 Days To Round Challenge By Amelia Newcomb

This was an original article designed especially for Heels Down Mag. Amelia Newcomb is not a new name to me. I stumbled upon the California-based dressage trainer by typing in “how to ride a…
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A rider in equestrian gear performs dressage on a dark horse without using stirrups. Text at the bottom reads, one tempis with no stirrups. Trees and a dressage arena are in the background.

One Tempis with no Stirrups

Are you working towards your 1-tempi changes? This video takes you through how I train for them and some good tips for setting them up! Practicing your tempi changes without stirrups is a great…
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