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Dressage Horse

Learn interesting facts about Dressage horse breeds. Get information about different names of Dressage horses, their characteristics, color, and more only at Horse Illustrated.

Improve Your Dressage Score

You trot down center line, ride the pattern of your dressage test, and soon receive your score. Your placing in…

11 months ago


Correcting Leg-Yield Errors with Your Horse

Last month I discussed how the leg-yield is a useful suppling and training tool for both horse and rider, how…

2 years ago

Improve Your Horse’s Leg-Yield

A useful training tool for both horse and rider, the leg-yield while horse riding supples the horse through his hips,…

2 years ago

Meet the Incredible Lipizzan Horse

During Medieval times, a horse’s main job was to carry men into battle during wartime and to pull carriages during…

2 years ago

Your Horse Life: A New Beginner

Trying a new riding discipline (dressage) takes an experienced equestrian back to square one. Like many kids, I spent my…

3 years ago

Your Horse Life: Dressage Sabbatical

Read about Rose Caslar's dressage sabbatical. By Rose Caslar Rose Caslar, an experienced rider and trainer, arrives for her year-long…

6 years ago

My Horse Rushes Through Dressage Tests

Q: I receive comments on my dressage tests indicating that my horse is too rushed. How do I fix his…

9 years ago

Fit Your Horse’s Noseband for Dressage

Q: I am new to riding dressage, but am wondering how to adjust the noseband. Should it be tight or…

9 years ago

Trail Riding for Dressage Horses

  Riding outside most often proves to be one of the surest accelerants of dressage training. First, there is no…

9 years ago

Lazy Dressage Horse

Q: I do dressage with my very lazy, thick-skinned Friesian. He doesn’t respect my leg or whip. What can I…

9 years ago