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Horse Dressage

Dressage Tips from the Judge’s Box

As you enter at A, the judge’s steely eyes will be firmly fixed upon you and your horse for the…

12 years ago


Horsemanship How-to: Help Your Horse Hold the Canter

Maintaining a balanced, consistent, and controlled canter on the correct lead presents enough challenges. But what if your horse has…

12 years ago

Horsemanship How-to: Hold Reins Correctly

Both English and western riders can sometimes be misguided as to how to hold the reins correctly. That diminishes their…

12 years ago

How to fit an English bridle to your horse

A properly fitted bridle will be comfortable and look good on your horse. Photo: Leslie Potter Edited Press Release Properly…

13 years ago

Look Ma, No Stirrups!

Hunters and dressage riders often don't see eye to eye, but surprisingly in this case we do. Rising trot without…

13 years ago

Dressage Arena Diagrams

It may sound overly simple, but a dressage test is truly a test of geometry. Judges will score an average…

13 years ago

Video: Braiding Your Horse’s Mane

Braiding your horse's mane is easier than you might think. Practice these steps for a neat and polished look in…

13 years ago

Learn to Roll with the Canter

The canter’s rocking-horse, three-beat rhythm presents a problem for novice riders trying to master their position at this gait. In…

13 years ago

Video: Dressage exercises for a horse that overbends

Shifting the shoulders at the trot to correct a horse that overbends at the neck Ellen demonstrates how to get…

13 years ago

Video: Leg yielding to loosen up a stiff horse

Here, Ellen rides Tvauri forward and sideways in approximately equal measures, while keeping his body parallel to the long sides…

13 years ago