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A person in a blue shirt and helmet rides a chestnut horse in an arena. Four green dots highlight a vertical line along the rider’s body. The word “Canter!” appears in bold on the right.

Canter! What to do with your seat, legs, shoulders, elbows, and more!

How do you move your body in the canter? A LOT of riders struggle with the canter. In the canter, your seat, legs, shoulders, and elbows all have to be doing something different! Here…
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A person riding a chestnut horse at a canter in an outdoor arena, both in riding gear. The text reads The Canter Seat!!!, highlighting the difference between a tight seat and a loose seat. Trees and greenery fill the background.

The Canter Seat!!! Too loose, too tight, or just right.

The 2 most common mistakes that riders make when trying to figure out how to sit the canter is that they are either way too loose and floppy or too tense. Too loose – in…
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A rider in formal attire canters on a chestnut horse in a dressage arena. Text reads: The Canter Seat! with labeled blue ovals: Medium Canter, Working Canter, and Collected Canter—essential forms in equestrian horse riding.

The Canter Seat

Many riders struggle with the canter seat and following the motion of the horses’ back in the canter. I find it helpful to think of circles and ovals to find the correct seat in…
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does your saddle fit

Dressage Saddle Fit

Saddle Fitting Tips from an Amateur Saddle Fitter Recently we’ve been focusing a lot on the straightness of the horse and rider. An important piece of the Dressage training scale IS straightness of both…
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A rider wearing a helmet and vest is riding a chestnut horse in a dressage arena, performing a sitting trot. Text at the bottom reads, Improve Your Sitting Trot! Learn how to avoid common mistakes in horse riding.

Common Mistakes in Sitting Trot

Common Mistakes in Sitting Trot Sitting trot is one of the most difficult things to do well in riding. The sitting trot requires that the rider moves with and absorbs the motion of the…
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quiet hands

Unsteady hands? Here is the key to getting your hands quiet and steady while you ride!

A lot of riders have trouble keeping their hands quiet and independent in the saddle. We all want to have soft hands and not to interfere with the horses’ mouth but this is easier…
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dressage rider position

Dressage Rider Position: Master These 3 Things!!!

What makes someone a good Dressage rider? Do you aspire to become a better rider? Here are 3 things to work on that ALL the top riders in this sport (like Steffen Peters or…
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turn without the inside rein

Turn your Horse Without the Inside Rein!

As riders, once we get past the basics, we start to hearing over and over again “inside leg, outside rein.”!! The idea is that eventually, as you train dressage, the inside rein will become less…
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6 Hacks to Fix Your Dressage Riding Position

6 Hacks to Fix Your Dressage Riding Position

Correcting bad habits in your dressage rider position can be a challenge even for the best equestrian in a dressage lesson. Here I give some quick hacks for dressage training to for unsteady hands…
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