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The Aids – How to “Talk to your Horse”

About the canter: The canter is a 3 beat gait. Beat one is the outside hind leg, beat two is the inside hind leg and outside front leg, and beat three is the inside…
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Canter! What to do with your seat, legs, shoulders, elbows, and more!

How do you move your body in the canter? A LOT of riders struggle with the canter. In the canter, your seat, legs, shoulders, and elbows all have to be doing something different! Here…
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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 Canter Seat

Many riders struggle with the canter seat and following the motion of the horses’ back in the canter. I find it helpful to think of circles and ovals to find the correct seat in…
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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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Improve your Hands: 3 Tips for a Better Contact

Finding a steady and soft contact with the horse’s mouth and keeping your hands quiet is one of the most difficult things in riding! Here are some tips to help… Find the correct hand…
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Rider Straightness and Symmetry: Align Your Shoulders and Knees!

Straightness is something that we ALL struggle within Dressage because every horse and every rider are innately asymmetric! Traditionally in Dressage, when we hear the word “straightness,” we immediately think about the horse! BUT…
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The Rein Back

The rein back is a very important and often neglected movement in dressage. This movement tests the submission of the horse and also engages and lowers the hindquarters. This is a movement that shows…
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