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Get your horse rounder!

Many riders struggle with ROUNDNESS and getting the horse supple in the neck and correctly using their back and top line.  In today’s video, we are offering suggestions to Jennifer. She writes “As you can…
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The Canter Seat!!! Too loose, too tight, or just right.

The 2 most common mistakes that riders make when trying to figure out how to sit the canter is that they are either way too loose and floppy or too tense. Too loose – in…
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The Leg-Yield – Get to the Right Hind!

Most horses have a weaker right hind leg – they avoid taking weight on the right hind by keeping the right hind leg to the right.  This makes the leg-yield off of the right…
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On The Bit?!

How to Teach/Reintroduce the Contact: 1. Start from the ground! Whenever I have a horse that really does not understand the contact, working from the ground is the best place to start. Teach the horse to…
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Downward Transitions

I’m pretty sure we’re ALL guilty of bad downward transitions!  When you want to reward your horse, or when you get tired and need to take a break, it’s so easy to just collapse…
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Safety First

Be sure to take the horse out of the cross ties.  Having the horse connected in the cross ties with just the halter around the neck is an accident waiting to happen! Teach the…
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Hands, Elbows, and Arms In Canter

Many riders (including myself) struggle to find a steady contact in the canter.  In the canter, the horses’ head follows a nodding motion as the horse goes through the 3 beat footfall of the…
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The Center

Finding your center and riding from your center is a very helpful technique. Weather you are just starting out learning to ride Dressage, or you are an FEI rider, this concept can really help…
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Stop Gripping With Your Knees!!!

Do you find yourself gripping with your knees and/or inner thighs? Gripping with the knees is something that many riders do in order to stay on – I mean if your legs don’t keep…
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