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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 rider on a brown horse practices leg yield in an arena. Beside them, a scale graphic asks about weight on the outside seatbone? versus weight on the inside seatbone? with the text the Leg Yield demystified below.

Demystifying the Leg Yield

Recently, on the Amelia’s Dressage Club FB page, someone asked the following question… “Which seat bone do you place your weight on in the saddle when asking the horse to leg yield?” This is…
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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 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 enjoys horse riding as they pick up the correct canter lead on a dark horse in an outdoor arena. White text on the left reads, Right Lead Canter? The horse lifts its front right leg; trees and fencing fill the background.

How do you pick up the correct canter lead?

How do you pick up the correct canter lead? Isn’t the canter such a joyful gait!? The rocking motion and three-time rhythm are both elating and soothing! It just feels RIGHT, am I right?😝…
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Two images of dressage riders on dark horses highlight the right hind legs with red circles, illustrating the concept “The Leg-Yield – Get to the Right Hind.” Both riders are riding in arenas.

The Leg-Yield – Get to the Right Hind!

Most horses have a weaker right hind leg – they avoid taking weight on the right hind by keeping the right hind leg to the right.  This makes the leg-yield off of the right…
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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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A rider on a dark horse performs a leg-yield in an outdoor arena. The text above reads The Leg-Yield: Common Mistakes and Corrections, highlighting how to avoid common mistakes and make effective corrections, with a green check mark and red X on either side.

Leg Yield: Common Mistakes & Corrections

The leg yield is a great exercise to work on suppleness and straightness of the horse. When first training a young or green horse, the leg simply means to go forward but as the…
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the half pass secret

The Half Pass: A Simple Trick

As a dressage rider and trainer, the 1/2 pass can be one of the most complicated and awkward movements for the horse and rider to learn and understand. In a half pass, the horse…
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