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A dressage rider in a black outfit and helmet sits on a chestnut horse. Colorful circles highlight horse riding techniques: the rider’s hands, legs, and the horse’s mouth. Large text at the top reads, The Elusive Half-Halt!!!!!!!.

How to Ride a Half-Halt

Half-halts are very complicated because every half-halt is different. There is no formula to follow that will give you the perfect half-halt. To ride a half halt the rider must have FEEL meaning that…
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quiet hands

Unsteady hands? Here is the key to getting your hands quiet and steady while you ride!

A lot of riders have trouble keeping their hands quiet and independent in the saddle. We all want to have soft hands and not to interfere with the horses’ mouth but this is easier…
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dressage rider position

Dressage Rider Position: Master These 3 Things!!!

What makes someone a good Dressage rider? Do you aspire to become a better rider? Here are 3 things to work on that ALL the top riders in this sport (like Steffen Peters or…
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get your horse uphill

How to get your horse in uphill balance and off the forehand!

Has a judge ever written on your score sheet “downhill,” “on the forehand,” “needs uphill balance,” or “more self-carriage”? These comments are very common in a dressage test (or from a dressage instructor in…
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how to manage a 4yo at their first show

How to Manage a Young, Green Horse at the Horse Show: Junior’s First Show!

Taking your horse away from home for the first time or to their first show can be nerve wracking. No one ever really knows how the horse will react to being in an entirely new…
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strong horse

How to Manage a Horse that Gets Strong and Pulls

It can be very challenging when your horse gets strong in the bridle and wants to pull not to just pull back against the horse. In dressage training, dealing with a strong horse or…
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turn without the inside rein

Turn your Horse Without the Inside Rein!

As riders, once we get past the basics, we start to hearing over and over again “inside leg, outside rein.”!! The idea is that eventually, as you train dressage, the inside rein will become less…
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Diagram showing shoulder control in horse training: the left image labeled Bulging out shows a horse moving outward from a dotted circle, while the right labeled Falling in highlights a dropped shoulder as the horse moves inward. Blue arrows indicate direction.

Shoulder Control: How to Correct a Horse that Drops the Shoulder in or Bulges out

Shoulder Control! Controlling the shoulders can be tricky, especially with young or green horses. A lot of the time the shoulders will either fall in or bulge out when riding on a circle. In…
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6 Hacks to Fix Your Dressage Riding Position

6 Hacks to Fix Your Dressage Riding Position

Correcting bad habits in your dressage rider position can be a challenge even for the best equestrian in a dressage lesson. Here I give some quick hacks for dressage training to for unsteady hands…
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