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A person in riding gear demonstrates incorrect chair seat posture while sitting on a gray horse in an outdoor arena, with text above reading How to Correct a Chair Seat:.

Do you have a chair seat?

Have you ever heard your trainer say that you’ve got a chair seat and not known what they’re talking about? Today, I’m sharing a short video on the chair seat, showing exactly what it…
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A rider in formal equestrian attire guides a dark brown horse with braided mane around a sandy arena—part of Amelia Newcomb’s NEW Program to Train your Eye—with other riders in the background and lush, green landscape beyond the fence.

NEW Program: Train your Eye with Amelia Newcomb

Do you every look at a photo of a rider and wonder what a top level dressage rider might see that you don’t? Or have you ever wanted to have a photo of you…
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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 person riding a chestnut horse in an arena, with blue and orange lines illustrating posture, highlighting the rider’s head looking up. The text overlay reads “look up!” in the bottom right corner.

How to look up while Riding!

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A person in riding gear is riding a black horse in an outdoor arena. The image highlights the horse’s stirrup, with the text dressage stirrup length and stirrups at the bottom.

Stirrups and Stirrup Length

Last Updated: 5/11/2026 This week I wanted to go into a bit of detail on our stirrups as it’s something I get asked about a lot! Stirrups help us to stay grounded, in balance,…
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A person wearing a helmet rides a chestnut horse in an outdoor arena, demonstrating Following Elbows. Text on the left asks, How do You Achieve Following Elbows? Trees and a fence are visible in the background.

How to have Following Elbows

Following Elbows I remember when I was first learning Dressage and trying to figure out how to get my horse round and connected. I kept hearing from my trainer that I needed to follow…
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A collage with Sitting Trot Secrets! text, a TOP SECRET stamp, a zipper-mouth emoji, and a rider in black gear sitting the trot on a brown horse with white leg wraps.

2 Secrets to Sitting the Trot

Ok, let’s be totally honest! Sitting trot is one of the hardest parts of riding dressage. When you first try it, it can be hard to imagine how you can stop yourself from falling…
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Two women sit outdoors on a bench. One gestures while holding a human pelvic bone model, explaining the muscles you use when you ride; the other listens with her hands folded in her lap. Trees are in the background.

Do YOU know what muscles you use to ride?

Enroll in the Rider Position Masterclass only ONE DAY LEFT Do you know what muscles to use to maximize the effectiveness of your rider position? In this video, Dr Stephanie Seheult takes us through…
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A close-up of a brown horse being ridden next to a graphic showing rider balance: 10% hands, 20% leg, 70% seat. Text below reads Rider Position Basics and Rider Fitness—ride better and fix your position for optimal results.

Ride Better: Fix your position

In this era of algorithms, technology, and targeting, if you’re like me you probably get targeted for all sorts of gadgets claiming to help you ride better.  Do you know what THE best gadget…
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