Dressage tests from British Dressage (BD) Preliminary level upward contain certain exercises that require you to ride a 15-meter circle. That sounds pretty straightforward, ...

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How to Ride a 15-Meter Circle

Dressage caught the world’s attention back in 2012 when television coverage of the London Olympic Games drew unprecedented audience numbers. All over the world, ...

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How to Get Started in Dressage

If you’re new to the world of dressage, you may have heard the terms shoulder-fore and shoulder-in mentioned both in terms of schooling your ...

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How to Ride Shoulder-Fore

Any rider who wants to progress their dressage career must learn to ride in perfect balance without relying on the reins for support. In ...

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How to Get an Independent Seat

Transitions are the glue that holds the dressage horse’s performance together, and that’s why every dressage test contains so many! Good transitions between the ...

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How to Improve Your Transitions

Every time you ride in a dressage competition, you will receive a scoresheet at the conclusion of the class. So, what do you do ...

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How to Use Your Dressage Scoresheets to Improve Your Next Test

A comment that’s often seen on dressage score sheets is “head tilting.” If your horse tends to tilt his head, you will be marked ...

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How to Stop Your Horse from Tilting its Head