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A rider in a floral top holds a green resistance band and smiles outdoors. Text reads: 4 Shoulder Exercises For Better Riding Posture. The image highlights preparatory shoulder stretches designed to encourage an effective seat and stable upper body alignment, essential for developing correct posture during collected work or maintaining an elastic contact while riding various movements.

Simple Shoulder Stretches to Improve Your Riding Posture

If you’ve ever caught yourself slouching in the saddle, you’re in good company. Between phones, desks, and couches, most of us spend our days rounding our shoulders forward without even realizing it. The problem…
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4 Shoulder Exercises for Improving Rider Posture

Today we are talking about shoulder stretches to open your shoulders and give you a better upper body position when you’re riding. All of us tend to slouch because everything we do, whether it’s…
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How to Fix a Late Flying Change

The Basics of Cantering: Keep your Shoulders Still and Move Your Hips

In this blog post, we’ll break down an exercise focused on using your seat effectively to stay connected with your horse’s rhythm and maintain balance throughout your ride. One of the most common misconceptions…
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how to ride shoulder in to renvers

How to Ride Shoulder-In to Renvers: A Step-by-Step Guide

Riding a smooth transition from shoulder-in to renvers is a valuable skill that tests your horse’s suppleness, balance, and responsiveness. This movement, which appears in the Third Level Test 2, challenges both horse and…
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Ride an Accurate 20 Meter Circle Using Cones to Help

Riding a precise 20-meter circle is a foundational skill in dressage, yet it’s one that challenges riders of all levels. Accuracy is key, and using visual aids like cones can make a huge difference….
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A rider in formal attire and helmet performs dressage on a bay horse wearing a blue ear bonnet, trotting in an outdoor sandy arena as they train tempi changes, with white fencing and greenery in the background.

How to Count and Train Tempi Changes

How to Count and Train Tempi Changes Tempi changes are a thrilling and elegant dressage movement, showcasing a horse’s balance, responsiveness, and straightness. Mastering tempi changes requires preparation, precise timing, and a clear understanding…
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Make Progress and Set Goals in Dressage

Progress in dressage requires thoughtful reflection and clear goal-setting. It’s essential to take a step back, assess where you are, and chart a path forward for you and your horse. By identifying your strengths…
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Amelia Newcomb on a chestnut gelding executes dressage movements in an outdoor arena. Text reads, How do you ask for a flying change in horse riding? An arrow indicates the horse’s canter stride, emphasizing the application of correct aids such as weight shift, leg position, and timing for achieving a clean flying change.

How to Give the Correct Aids for a Flying Change

Aids for a Flying Change What actually tells your horse to do a flying change? It comes down to one thing: your leg position switching at the right moment. Getting the correct aids and…
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body position to turn your horse

Correct Body Position to TURN your horse!

Correct Body Position to Turn Your Horse Turning your horse accurately requires a balanced and independent seat combined with correct alignment. Many riders struggle with maintaining the correct position during turns, leading to confusion…
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