Dressage Tips

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…
Most all riders struggle to find the correct leg position AND to be effective with the leg.  It can be a challenge not to nag your horse, or grip with the lower leg, or…
Rider Straightness and Symmetry: Align Your Shoulders and Knees! Straightness is something that we ALL struggle with in Dressage because every horse and every rider are innately asymmetric! Traditionally in Dressage, when we hear…
Your horse needs you to be confident! And even if you’re not feeling confident, you need to pretend that you are confident for your horse! Recently, I was listening to a podcast about public speaking….
Recently I was studying the USDF Dressage Manual (which is a great resource) and I came across a segment that outlined how to work on rider position at the halt. At first this seems…
I’ve noticed that with many horses and riders, everything goes pretty well until it’s time to canter. The canter is where things fall apart for many horses and riders. Often, the rider gets a…
All of us have faults and bad habits in our riding. Is is easy to get sloppy and lazy in the daily riding and let bad habits creep in. These are some of the…
Saddle Fitting Tips from an Amateur Saddle Fitter Recently we’ve been focusing a lot on the straightness of the horse and rider. An important piece of the Dressage training scale IS straightness of both…
Are you or your horse crooked? Straightness is one of the fundamental building blocks in the Dressage training scale. In order to correctly collect and train the dressage horse, you must teach the horse…
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