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English Riding

Horse Illustrated covers anything you can think of related to English riding, including how-tos, tips from experts, discipline specifics, and more. Disciplines included are: dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, English halter and showmanship, hunt seat, jumping, and saddle seat. Many riders start out riding English (aka, hunt seat) and then progress into one of the disciplines above. Some of the topics covered include phases of jumping, how to get started in dressage or eventing, how to leg yield, perfecting the posting trot, improving your equitation, exercises with ground poles, counter bending the canter, get smooth flying lead changes, how to achieve better dressage tests, etc.

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Q: I’m an experienced rider and every year I take on a project horse to fix and resell to a good home. My current project is a 12-year-old gelding that spent many years on the show circuit. Unfortunately, he’s...
Q: I’ve ridden western for years and just bought an English saddle so I can enjoy riding both styles. But I can’t get comfortable with the length of the stirrups on my English saddle. They either feel too long...
Filter News by DisciplineAll News Dressage Driving Endurance EventingJumping Para-Dressage Reining Vaulting  2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Vaulting News Team USA Wins Gold in Vaulting at the World Equestrian GamesOctober 10, 2010 - History is made as the United States wins its first WEG team...
Q: When I’m practicing at home I never forget a jumping course. But I go off course at nearly every show. After taking the first few jumps I’ll suddenly realize that I have no idea where I’m supposed to...
Q: I've decided to start wearing a helmet after going without for many years. Helmets are a lot different now than when I was a kid! How do I find the right helmet, and how do I know if...
Lucinda Fredericks on the cross-country course at the 2009 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event with Headley Britannia. The pair won the event that year.When you go cross-country, your tack has to be safe. The following are equipment recommendations from Lucinda...
Q: My horse has been ridden western his entire life but I’d like to try English riding. Is it hard to retrain a western horse for English? How do I get started? A: The beauty of a horse with a...
Q: I take lessons at a busy stable and ride an older gelding. While he’s being groomed and tacked up he tries to bite whenever his girth area is touched. My instructor says to yell at him or smack...
Pleasure driving horse in a show harness with overcheck.The type of equipment you will need will vary depending on what type of horse you have and what type of driving you intend to do. Pleasure driving classes are popular...
Few things can be more frustrating to a rider working with a green horse than trying to figure out and fix problems with head carriage. The list of evasive mouth issues is long. One example is a horse that's...
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