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Amelia Newcomb riding a chestnut horse with a spring depicting the engagement of the horse's hind end. Engage your horse's hind end.

Three Tips for Engagement

If you’ve ever felt true engagement on a horse, it is an incredible feeling. They get lighter in the reins, the withers lift, the haunches lower, they’re easier to turn, ride transitions, and the…
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Amelia Newcomb riding a dressage horse in an active canter. Techniques to improve the activity in the canter.

How to Get Jump in the Canter

Creating jump in the canter is an essential prerequisite to nearly all the canter movements such as pirouettes and flying changes. If you want to work on any of those movements, you need to…
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Amelia Newcomb executing a turn on a chestnut dressage horse. Turn the saddle, not the bridle. The key to turning with ease.

Turn the Shoulder to Turn Your Horse

Sometimes, when we want our horses to turn, we just resort to pulling on the inside rein and forget about using our outside aids. When we do this, our horses to over-bend in the…
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Amelia Newcomb riding down the center line, 3 tips for straightness.

Three Tips for Straightness

Ah, straightness…it’s so important, yet, you may wonder, will you ever be truly straight? If you have ever felt this way, don’t worry, you’re not alone! Even with my Grand Prix horse Harvey, I’m…
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Amelia working with Mercurio and executing a piaffe from the ground, introducing the piaffe.

Teaching the Piaffe In Hand

You might say that the piaffe is the pinnacle of Dressage. When you get it right, it really does feel like dancing on the spot; a powerful combination of collection and impulsion – a…
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Leg-Yield from Ground B

Teaching the Leg-Yields from the Ground

Once our horses understand how to move forward off our leg, the next step is to begin teaching them to move sideways off our leg. This is when we introduce the leg-yield. In the…
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Amelia Newcomb smiling and posing with her chestnut horse who is wearing a dressage saddle and snaffle bridle.

January Newsletter

I don’t know about you, but I’m SUPER excited for the new year ahead! I’m looking forward to an awesome year of riding and teaching all of my amazing students! We had a great…
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Online student GinaLee posing with her horse.

Get to know Strides member Ginalee

Strides Member of the Month for January! Each month, we will be profiling one of our Strides Student Members, so everyone can get to know each other a little! This month, we’ve chosen  Ginalee…
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Hot, tense horse? Chill out with lateral movements.

How to Relax Your Hot and Tense Horse

Does your horse ever get hot and tense, and you just can’t seem to calm them down? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! Riding a tense horse can be tricky – but remember – all…
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