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Amelia, in formal riding attire and helmet, rides a dark horse with a white saddle pad in an outdoor equestrian arena, practicing eye training amidst lush green foliage and trees.

Train your Eye with Amelia: Allison

“Train your eye with Amelia Newcomb”- The nifty 5 minute read that helps train your eye for dressage, rider position, and more. This is Allison and her late horse Tebow who recently passed away….
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A diagram of a horse performing a haunches in dressage movement is on the left, while on the right, a rider guides a chestnut horse in the same movement in an outdoor arena. The text reads Haunches In.

How is your Haunches In?

This week I wanted to make a video on a movement that is the butt of many rider frustrations, it’s haunches-in..(terrible pun intended! 🙊). Haunches-in isn’t a simple move and I often find myself…
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A rider on an OTTB demonstrates leg yield movements in an arena, shown in three sequential photos. Text reads Leg-Yield Staircase: How to ride it, with a diagram of the riding pattern on the right.

The Leg-Yield Staircase with an OTTB

After a great response last week, we’re back working with Caine and the lovely OTTB Luke.  In this week’s video, we’re demonstrating the Leg Yield Staircase. To execute The Leg Yield Staircase, we leg…
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A person wearing a helmet and patterned shirt rides a horse, viewed from behind. The black-and-white image features the words Trail Riding on the left and Dressage Training on the right.

Dressage Exercises for the Trail

As dressage riders, we spend a lot of time in the school, drilling, practicing, learning, and, well, dressage-ing! We can sometimes forget that a change of scenery is important. It’s great to get our…
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A rider on a gray horse demonstrates two dressage movements: Shoulder-Fore on the left and Shoulder-In on the right, each with diagrams highlighting the dressage angles of the horse’s body.

Shoulder-In vs. Shoulder-Fore

Let’s talk about shoulder-in and shoulder-fore! Some of you might be thinking “What’s the difference?” or “When should I use one over the other?” This week’s video is here to give you some tips…
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A person in equestrian gear rides a chestnut horse in an outdoor arena, demonstrating walk exercises. The words Walk Exercises! appear in large white text on the image, with lush trees and greenery in the background.

Walk Exercises!

Most ALL riders forget to practice the walk! But believe it or not, you can accomplish a lot at the walk. For those of you that ride older horses, you will want to spend a good…
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Two photos show a person wearing a helmet and riding a horse in an outdoor arena, demonstrating the shoulder-in dressage movement. Text above reads How to Ride Shoulder-In on a black background—perfect for horse riding enthusiasts.

How to Ride Shoulder-In

Shoulder-in is an extremely important movement in Dressage. It can be described as “the parent” to all Dressage exercises. Shoulder in helps to straighten and to engage the horse and it is what you…
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A rider on a horse performing a Leg Yield dressage exercise is shown next to a staircase-shaped diagram. The title above reads The Leg Yield Staircase.

The Leg Yield Staircase

The leg yield is a great exercise for suppleness, balance, coordination, and straightness.  Leg yields are introduced at First Level, but they are a great suppleness exercise for horses at all levels! Here is…
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Diagram showing Turn on Forehand: left side illustrates the horse’s pivot movement with dashed lines; right side shows an equestrian riding, blue dots on the horse’s hind legs, and a blue arrow indicating the turn.

Turn on the Forehand

When was the last time you did a turn on the forehand?  It’s probably a good idea to go back and revisit this exercise The turn on the forehand is a VERY IMPORTANT tool in Dressage training.  In…
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