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A person riding a gray horse in an outdoor arena, next to a large yellow clock illustration and a numbered list titled COUNTING!!! for Rhythm, Suppleness, and Relaxation on a black background.

Counting Exercise for Rhythm and Suppleness

Do you struggle with your horse’s Rhythm and Relaxation, the basis of the Dressage Training Scale?. This video gives a great exercise that will help you get your horse into a steady relaxed rhythm…
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A Dressage Rider on a chestnut horse demonstrates proper leg position; white text reads Toes Forward! with red and green arrows showing heels down. A Dover Saddlery sign appears in the background.

Dressage Rider leg position – keep your heels down and toes forward

Most ALL riders struggle to find and maintain the correct leg position and it is SO important so that you can properly influence your horse and that your seat can remain independent and follow…
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A rider on a brown horse turns in an arena. Next to them, a diagram shows a blue circle labeled ‘10 Meter Canter Circles’ with arena letters and measurements around it.

10 Meter Canter Circles

10 meter circles at the canter are a big challenge for both horse and rider. In order to do them well, they require bend, collection, impulsion, and engagement! A couple for weeks ago, I…
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Amelia Newcomb riding a balanced trot and inset image of a bowl of eggs

If You Can Scramble Eggs, You Can Supple Your Horse

In today’s video I’m going to share with you a LIVE stream video I did with my husband, German AKA “Mr. Scrambled Eggs”, and I did together. We recalled some embarrassing stories from over…
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A side-by-side comparison of two riders on horses; left shows a horse with its head raised, right shows a horse rounder, with its neck arched and head down. Arrows highlight the rounder frame. Text reads Get your horse ROUNDER!.

Get your horse rounder!

Many riders struggle with ROUNDNESS and getting the horse supple in the neck and correctly using their back and top line.  In today’s video, we are offering suggestions to Jennifer. She writes “As you can…
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A person riding a chestnut horse at a canter in an outdoor arena, both in riding gear. The text reads The Canter Seat!!!, highlighting the difference between a tight seat and a loose seat. Trees and greenery fill the background.

The Canter Seat!!! Too loose, too tight, or just right.

The 2 most common mistakes that riders make when trying to figure out how to sit the canter is that they are either way too loose and floppy or too tense. Too loose – in…
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A person wearing a helmet rides a brown horse in an outdoor arena. An arrow points to the rider’s lower back with “Confidence Button!” and a green dot, highlighting the spot for self-esteem. Trees and a blue sky are in the background.

Sit Back: Find Your Confidence Button!

How to stay relaxed in the saddle! We all have some fear when we are riding as horses are big and powerful animals and none of us want to get hurt. Fear is an…
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Two images of dressage riders on dark horses highlight the right hind legs with red circles, illustrating the concept “The Leg-Yield – Get to the Right Hind.” Both riders are riding in arenas.

The Leg-Yield – Get to the Right Hind!

Most horses have a weaker right hind leg – they avoid taking weight on the right hind by keeping the right hind leg to the right.  This makes the leg-yield off of the right…
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Two side-by-side images show a rider on a dark horse in an outdoor arena. The left displays the full pair; the right zooms in on the arched neck, illustrating what it means for a horse to be On The Bit. Text above reads, On the Bit?!.

On The Bit?!

How to Teach/Reintroduce the Contact: 1. Start from the ground! Whenever I have a horse that really does not understand the contact, working from the ground is the best place to start. Teach the horse to…
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