Dressage Tips

Learning the posting trot is something we do pretty early in our riding careers and once we’ve mastered that rhythmic rise and fall with the beat of the trot, it’s like riding a bike,…
I’m guessing that many of you are dressage divas to the marrow! I know we’ve got riders from all disciplines in this lovely community, but if you’re like me, it’s dressage all the live-long…
Sitting trot can feel impossibly jarring for people who are just learning it. In fact, it can feel pretty jarring no matter what level you’re at!  I wasn’t a natural rider and even now,…
Posting trot is not easy to do well – you have to coordinate your seat, legs and hands and stay in tempo with your horse! But, posting trot has a lot of important benefits…
I keep getting questions about how to influence the trot with your posting so I thought I would do a video! If you have a horse that tends to rush in the trot or…
The trot lengthening is a movement that first shows up at First Level. The trot lengthening is a test of “thrust” – the horses’ ability to push from the hind leg, through their back,…
Here are some tips to use your leg more effectively: Posting trot: Make sure you are posting correctly and that the posting trot is from the knee up.  The lower leg should NOT be…
How do you kick in the trot?? Many of us riders struggle with how to effectively influence the horse go for forward from the leg in the trot. It can be difficult, especially in…
  The canter trot transition is a difficult and important transition to master in Dressage and it even shows up in the Grand Prix! This transition is an important test of throughness and suppleness…
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