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A rider in a helmet and floral shirt canters on a chestnut horse. Text reads: “STRAIGHTNESS in the Canter”—ideal for perfecting horse straightness in canter—plus faded words: “COLLECTION, IMPULSION, CONNECTION, SUPPLENESS, RHYTHM” on a blue background.

Get Your Horse Straight in the Canter

Raise your hand if your horse is crooked! It’s so hard to get them to bend in one direction, and then when you change directions they overbend and drift out through your outside aids!…
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A dressage rider on a chestnut horse stands beside a colorful training pyramid labeled with steps for score improvement: Rhythm, Suppleness, Connection, Impulsion, Straightness, and Collection. Text reads: #1 Secret to Higher Scores.

How to Improve your Scores

In this week’s video I am going to tell you the #1 secret to improving your test scores this year – and here’s a hint – it’s NOT practicing the test over and over…
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Two riders on chestnut horses perform dressage under the words: SECRET to a great ride. A pyramid shows the Dressage Training Scale, reminding you to plan your ride and master rhythm, suppleness, connection, impulsion, straightness, and collection.

Dressage Training Scale: How to Plan Your Ride

Last Updated: 5/6/2026 Have you ever wondered what should you be working on during your rides? The Training Scale is the tool for you! I use the Training Scale to plan every single ride…
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A rider wearing a helmet and colorful shirt is practicing the fundamentals of dressage on a chestnut horse with white leg wraps in an outdoor arena surrounded by trees and a fence.

It’s all about the Basics

Working on the basics may not be sexy or fun, but the basics are what allow you to ride beautiful, uphill flying changes, half passes, and experience moments of harmonious connection with your horse….
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A person in equestrian attire rides a brown horse on a sandy area with markers, showing that dressage training can happen anywhere. Text on the left says No Dressage Arena? NO PROBLEM with NO PROBLEM in a red stamp style. Trees are visible behind.

No Dressage Arena, No Problem!

I’ve been talking directly with a lot of my students recently as we went through the Training Scale Masterclass, and it occurred to me that LOTS of you guys want to ride dressage but…
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A person riding a chestnut horse in an outdoor arena, showcasing excellent rideability, with the text How to get your DREAM RIDE! overlaid in white, bold letters. The horse is trotting, both wear riding gear, and trees fill the background.

How to Improve Your Horse’s Rideability

Last Updated: 4/30/2026 We all want to have our dream ride, and for me, that all boils down to the thing that people call “rideability”. What is rideability? It’s a feeling of connection with…
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A distressed Dressage Horse with an open mouth and bridle stands beside a blue pyramid labeled Rhythm to Collection. The text above reads Help me!!! with biohazard symbols, illustrating a classic Horse Problem in the world of Dressage.

Help! I’m having a problem with my Dressage Horse!

Good dressage horses are made, not born! But there’s no secret how they’re all made! The scaffolding we use to build up our horses and our own dressage ability is The Dressage Training Scale,…
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A rider on a chestnut horse demonstrates a dressage move. A red dot marks the inside leg, while a green circle highlights the outside rein. Text reads, “Inside leg to Outside Rein.”.

The Key to Dressage: Inside Leg to Outside Rein

So what’s the big deal? Why is inside leg to outside rein so important in Dressage? And why is it so difficult to get the horse off of the inside leg and into the…
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A pyramid labeled The Theory of Dressage highlights the key stages of dressage training. To the right, a rider in full gear rides a dark horse in an outdoor arena, illustrating core principles of equestrian theory in action.

The Theory of Dressage

When you are riding there is so much to think about. You have to be thinking about what your body is doing, what your horse’s body is doing, what your horse is thinking, and…
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