How To Dressage Training Books, Workbooks, and Planners
We have created a range of expert dressage books and training diaries aimed at helping you to develop your dressage skills along the correct lines.
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Training and Exercise Books
HowToDressage.com has worked with a team of British Dressage judges and Grand Prix riders to outline the principles of dressage, illustrate correct training, and break down dressage movements.
Learn how to:
- Ride dressage movements
- Avoid costly mistakes
- Fix common problems
- Improve your riding
- Increase your scores
- Move up the levels
- Over 40 floorplans & 190 dressage exercises (inc. pole exercises)
- Never get stuck riding around the edge of the arena again!
- All floorplans have both 20x40 and 20x60 diagrams
- Space to take notes and keep track of your progress
- Directives and tips sharing what judges are looking for
- Exercises to suit a variety of levels with space to modify and make your own
To help you spice things up a bit, we have put together 30 dressage exercises complete with diagrams and examples of how you can vary the exercises to meet your horse’s level of training.
…and since this book is pocket-sized, you can take it with you wherever you go!
Many riders across the globe are throwing away lots of marks in their dressage tests due to silly mistakes such as lack of preparation, sloppy riding, and poor presentation. They’re turning potential 8s into 6s due to faults that can be corrected in a heartbeat. And most of the time, riders are not even aware that they're guilty of making easily corrected mark-losing errors!
Use this eBook to ensure that you present the judge with the best test you possibly can, and learn how to ride to hold onto marks and not throw them away.
But even if you have plans to showjump, event, show, or do anything else with your off-the-track thoroughbred, the training outlined in these pages will give you the tools that you need to form a solid training foundation on which you can build.
Test Analysis
- Dressage test details
- Collectives, errors & penalty scores
- Judge details & comments
- Personal bests
- Warm-up notes
- Highest scoring movements
- Lowest scoring movements
- Quick improvements
- Long-term improvements
- PLUS MORE!
Test Planners
Draw out your floorplan on the diagrams and use the note space to record the pace, transitions, and other dressage movements.
A great tool to help you create your own dressage floorplans, choreograph dressage to music routines, and to help you memorize your dressage tests.
Draw out your floorplan on the diagrams and use the note space to record the pace, transitions, and other dressage movements.
A great tool to help you create your own dressage floorplans, choreograph dressage to music routines, and to help you memorize your dressage tests.
Diaries & Journals
QUESTION – What’s the difference between the diaries?
ANSWER – All of the diaries are very similar. After all, your horse requires the same care regardless of the discipline you choose to compete in.
The main difference can be found in the Competition Results section which is tailored to record the results for your chosen discipline.
For example, the Eventing Training Diary allows you to record dressage penalties, cross country jump penalties, cross country time penalties, etc. Whereas the Dressage Training Diary allows you to record your score, collectives, and percentage.
The only exception is the Equestrian Training Diary which is designed to record results from multiple disciplines. This diary is designed for riders that like to do a bit of everything.
- Designed for up to 2 horses
- Manage your horse's care
- Document lessons
- Competition results
- Undated 52-week diary
- Performance goals
- Motivational quotes
- Designed for up to 2 horses
- Manage your horse's care
- Document lessons
- Competition results
- Undated 52-week diary
- Performance goals
- Motivational quote
- Designed for up to 2 horses
- Manage your horse's care
- Document lessons
- Competition results
- Undated 52-week diary
- Performance goals
- Motivational quote
- Designed for up to 2 horses
- Manage your horse's care
- Document lessons
- Competition results
- Undated 52-week diary
- Performance goals
- Motivational quote
- Designed for up to 2 horses
- Manage your horse's care
- Document lessons
- Competition results
- Undated 52-week diary
- Performance goals
- Motivational quote