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Which muscles do you use for canter?

Cantering can be a daunting gait, and overwhelming when it’s going wrong. Figuring out exactly how to follow the motion of the canter can be tricky! But when you get it right, cantering can…
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Which Muscles Should you use for Riding?

We often hear our instructors telling us to “Use your core!” while we’re riding, but honestly, how often do we know exactly what they want us to do? Is it our abs? Is it…
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How NOT to bounce

Riding is just sitting on a massive 4-legged beach ball, and asking it to start getting bouncy when we apply our legs around it. So it’s no wonder that it takes a little while…
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How to Half-Halt from your Thighs and Seat

How do you ride a half-halt with your seat and thighs? Ah the Elusive Half-Halt. Do you ever feel like your half-halt is more halt than half? Have you ever had your instructor yell…
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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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Dressage Saddle Fit

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…
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