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Side-by-side images show the correct and incorrect ways for how to hold reins on a horse. The correct grip is marked with a green check, and the incorrect grip with a red X. Text reads: How to Hold your Reins properly.

How to Hold and Use Your Reins Properly

Last Updated: April 20th, 2026 I don’t know about you, but I feel it’s such a privilege that our horses let us ride them by holding long straps of leather connected to their mouths….
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A person in riding gear is riding a brown horse with white wraps on its legs in a dressage arena, showcasing essential horse training for achieving steady contact. Text on the left reads, How to get a STEADY and SUPPLE CONTACT.

How do you get a steady contact and your horse on the bit?

As dressage riders, getting our horses to accept a contact and being able to maintain them steadily “on the bit” is one of the most important things for us to be able to do,…
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A rider practices beginner dressage on a chestnut horse in an outdoor arena, with text reading Dressage for Beginners and orange arrows showing the rider’s posture and the horse’s head position.

Dressage for Beginners – Where do you Start?

Dressage is ALL about the basics, whether you are just starting out in Dressage or you have been riding Dressage for a while, keep these simple tips in mind and your riding will improve!!…
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A person riding a horse is holding the reins, dressed in a light blue shirt and black gloves. In bold at the top right corner, the text Shorten Your Reins reminds riders to keep control.

Shorten Your Reins!!!!

Many amateur riders ride with their reins WAY too long and this is a huge problem! First and foremost from a safety perspective when your reins are too long it is extremely difficult to…
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scrambled eggs challenge

The Scrambled Eggs Challenge!

May is Dressage Rider Position Month – we will be focusing our content on Dressage Rider Position! Believe it or not, most ALL of the issues that you are having with your riding and training can…
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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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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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A person in equestrian gear rides a bay horse. Text reads: On The Bit with Quiet Hands! Arrows point from the rider’s quiet hands to the horse’s mouth, with Shhh! emphasizing gentle contact with the reins.

“On the Bit” With Quiet Hands?!

A few weeks ago I got an e-mail asking “how do you get the horse on the bit and keep your hands steady?” This is something that many riders struggle with, so I’ve tried…
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