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Claudia, dressed in equestrian attire, rides a brown and white pinto horse in an outdoor arena bordered by a white fence and green trees—perfect inspiration to train your eye for detail.

Train your Eye- Patreon Claudia

Welcome back to another edition of “Train your Eye with Amelia Newcomb” the quick 2-4 minute read with a submitted photo from a REAL rider in my community. These articles are designed to help…
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A rider performs a canter half pass on a chestnut horse in a dressage arena, with a diagram of the movements path shown on the left. Text reads Canter Half Pass.

Introducing the Canter Half-Pass

A  lot of you guys have been requesting a video on canter half pass. This week, I’m going to show you exactly how to introduce the canter half pass!! Canter half pass is trickier…
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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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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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