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A person rides a chestnut horse in an outdoor dressage arena, with a dog lying on the sand nearby. Trees and a sign marked K are visible in the background. Text reads: get ready for Flying Changes!.

Getting Ready For the Flying Changes

Recently I posted a video about flying changes. You may have tried a few flying changes since then?! Flying changes are one of the hardest things to teach a horse and the key to…
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A person in an equestrian helmet and patterned shirt is riding a chestnut horse in an outdoor arena, surrounded by trees, with lettered dressage markers visible on the fence.

How to Do Flying Changes

There’s something really magical about flying changes, don’t you think? It’s one of those moves that even people who know nothing about dressage are really impressed by. It’s when dressage starts to look like…
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Two women in riding gear, one sitting on a brown horse and the other standing beside them holding a dog on a leash, are outdoors on a sandy path amid green shrubs and hills, perhaps enjoying dressage training.

How to Introduce the Counter Canter

Ok, let’s talk about counter canter! Counter canter might seem from the outset like it’s just you asking your horse to canter on the wrong lead, but this is a very reductive way of…
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A person rides a chestnut horse in an outdoor arena, demonstrating Canter Lengthening and Medium Canter. The text on the left reads, Develop the Canter Lengthening Medium Canter. The rider wears a helmet, sunglasses, and a patterned top.

Develop the Canter Lengthening / Medium Canter

After covering this topic for the trot last week, we’re naturally going to stride straight into the canter this week! Here’s a link to the trot video in case you missed it! The canter…
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Amelia Newcomb cantering a chestnut horse. All about simple changes. Canter-walk-canter.

How to do Simple Changes

We’ve all heard the phrase, “you’ve got to walk before you can run”. Well when it comes to canter lead changes, you’ve got to walk before you can FLY! Before we can learn flying…
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Text reads How to Fix Hollow Canter Transitions. Two riders in riding gear are shown on horses; one outline glows red (showing a hollow frame), the other glows green (showing an engaged frame) for better horse training during the trot-canter transition.

The Trot-Canter Transition

The transition from trot to canter is one of the most difficult transitions in my opinion! Most all horses want to come above the bit and use their neck in this transition. It can be…
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A woman on a gray horse is coached by another woman, who points to her seat. Text reads How to sit the canter with an arrow indicating posture—perfect for anyone learning canter riding. Trees and a riding arena are visible in the background.

How To Sit The Canter

People always talk about the “rocking horse motion” of the canter, and how wonderful it is, but when you’re having difficulty mastering the motion of sitting the canter, the canter can feel less like…
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A rider on a black horse is about to jump a yellow obstacle in the Jump Arena. The split image shows an overhead view of the dressage horse’s shadow mid-jump, with bold text reading Dressage Horse in the Jump Arena.

Dressage in the Jump Arena

Sometimes, when you really want to get something done, you’ve got to overcome obstacles and improvise. And sometimes, we can turn the obstacles into tools that can assist us.  Not every rider has access…
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A rider on a black horse jumps over white poles arranged in a cloverleaf shape, showcasing Cavaletti training for improved suppleness. CloverLeaf Cavaletti text is overlaid, with an aerial view on the right showing the pattern drawn on the sand.

Suppleness with Cavaletti Training

I’m guessing that many of you are dressage divas to the marrow! I know we’ve got riders from all disciplines in this lovely community, but if you’re like me, it’s dressage all the live-long…
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