The winter months can be tricky. It’s hard to keep your horse from getting bored with the repetition of ring…
I’m a fan of the saying, “Your horse is doing his best with the information you provided.” It directs us…
This past winter, Tamie Smith, winner of the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*, focused heavily on dressage with…
Tamie Smith, winner of the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5 aboard the 18-year-old German Sport Horse gelding Mai…
There are places in every dressage test where even the humblest mount can score just as well as—or better than—the…
You trot down center line, ride the pattern of your dressage test, and soon receive your score. Your placing in…
Excerpt from The Athletic Equestrian, by Sally Batton and Christina Keim When your two-point seat is correct, you will have…
Many times, I have seen riders canter to the first jump of a course and have it be less than…
Choppy gait, gaping jaw, and bulging muscles on the underside of the neck: As riders and handlers, we all recognize…
When award-winning para equestrian Lauren Reischer was born 24 years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated…