Dressage Tips

In this video, I explain about leg protection and how I prepare my horse to work while affording his legs some protection. In this video I: Wrap Kensington’s legs with polos & liners Go…
A year ago, I received the Carol Lavell Advanced Training Grant from the Dressage Foundation. It was a huge honor to receive this prestigious award and the funding was used for training my horse…
In my various courses, I review a lot of students videos and I know that many of you don’t have a Dressage court – you ride in a big open field. In this week’s…
I see a LOT of videos from you – my amazing students. One of the most common mistakes that I see you making is leaning forward and slouching. This is a really bad habit…
Train Your Eye is back! This week we are reviewing a photo submitted from Patreon Phyllis (Thanks Phyllis!). If you haven’t heard about my “Train your Eye with Amelia Newcomb” segments, these are quick…
It’s really important whenever you are riding that you have a plan and that you are giving your horse clear direction. You are the leader and getting control of where your horse is going…
Last weekend I was lucky enough to get to ride in the California Dressage Society’s annual Symposium. The panel of presenters was Mike Osinki, Jan Curtis, Melissa Creswick, and Hilda Gurney. I rode 4th…
In general, we think of “weakness” as a traditionally negative trait. However, when it comes to riding horses, we should all be ASPIRING to have weak hands! Yes, that’s right, we WANT weak hands…
The piaffe is the pinnacle of Dressage. It is an incredibly difficult movement to train and execute and, believe it or not, at the Grand Prix, the piaffe and passage counts for nearly 1/3…
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