Dressage Books & Training Diaries ⋆ How To Dressage

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

How To Dressage (Book 1): Simple 'How-To' Guides Breaking Down Dressage Movements, Helping You Avoid Costly Mistakes & Fix Common Problems

A collection of short, easy-to-read articles to help make the complexities of dressage easier to understand.

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

The BIG Book of Dressage Exercises: 190+ Flatwork, Schooling, Dressage and Pole Exercises and training workbook.

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

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The Pocket Book of Dressage Exercises: 30 Customizable Dressage Exercises to Suit All Training Levels in a Compact Pocket-Sized Book

When riding in a bare dressage area, it can be very easy to get stuck trotting around the outside track, repeating the same exercises and patterns over and over again.

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!

How to Win at Dressage: Simple Ways ANY Rider Can Increase Their Dressage Scores

This short eBook (49 pages) covers simple ways ANY rider can increase their dressage scores.

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.

Racehorse to Dressage Horse: How to Buy, Re-train, and Compete Your Off-The-Track Thoroughbred Successfully in Dressage

We are not exaggerating when we say that these horses can turn their hoof to almost any discipline after they have retired from racing. Our specialty is dressage (the clue is in our name!), so that is what we are going to be focusing on in this book.

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

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Dressage Performance Analysis: Record and Evaluate Your Dressage Tests Results, Identify Ways to Increase Your Scores, and Improve Your Future Competition Performances.

Record and review:

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

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20x40 Dressage Test Planner: Create Your Own Dressage Exercises, Choreograph Dressage to Music Floorplans, and Learn Your Dressage Tests

The book consists of over 750 blank 20x40 arena diagrams, each with its own space for notes.

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.

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20x60 Dressage Test Planner: Create Your Own Dressage Exercises, Choreograph Dressage to Music Floorplans, and Learn Your Dressage Tests

The book consists of over 750 blank 20x60 arena diagrams, each with its own space for notes.

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.