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How to Ride an 8-Meter Circle
Once you and your horse reach British Dressage Advanced Medium level, you will be required to perform 8-meter circles or voltes. The exercise is ... -
How to Ride a 10-Meter Loop
In dressage tests from British Dressage Novice level, a 10-meter loop is sometimes included in the test plan. Although the exercise sounds pretty straightforward, ... -
How to Increase the “Crossing of Legs”
From British Dressage Elementary level and upward, most dressage tests contain a range of lateral movements, such as leg-yield, half-pass, shoulder-in, and travers. In ... -
How to Position Your Horse for Lateral Movements
Once you reach British Dressage Elementary level dressage, the exercises become more challenging, and many of the tests include lateral movements. Take a look ... -
How to Ride Working Canter
When you begin riding dressage tests from British Dressage Preliminary level onwards, you will be asked to show “working canter.” For most young horses ... -
How to Use Spurs for Dressage
Pay a visit to any good tack shop or peruse an online catalog, and you’ll see a vast array of spurs in different shapes ... -
How to Activate Your Horse’s Hind Legs
When you read the comment, “Needs more activity” on your dressage sheet, what does that mean? Why is an active hind leg important in ... -
How to Ride Working Trot
Working trot is included in all dressage tests from the very basic Training and Introductory levels right through to First or Elementary level. You ... -
How to Correct a Four-Beat Canter
Have you ever seen the judge’s comment, “four-beat” on one of your score sheets when referring to the canter? If you have, what does ... -
How to Ride a Good Upwards Transition
What’s the movement that is demanded more than any other in dressage tests at every level? Circles? Although that’s what many riders assume. It’s ...
