Dressage Movements
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How to Ride Extended Canter
Extended canter is a movement that appears in dressage tests at Medium level (UK) and Third level (US) and above. However, even if you’re ... -
How to Ride Extended Trot
One of the most spectacular and impressive movements in dressage is the extended trot. If you’re lucky, your horse will offer to lengthen his ... -
How to Ride Haunches-Out (Renvers)
Haunches-out is more usually referred to as ‘renvers’. Unlike leg-yield, shoulder-in, travers, and half-pass, renvers is a lateral exercise that you won’t find in ... -
How to Train Canter Pirouettes
Canter pirouettes are one of the advanced dressage movements that many riders at the lower levels aspire to ride one day. So, how do ... -
How to Prepare Your Horse for Transitions
Transitions are included in every dressage test right up to Grand Prix. You should also use transitions during all your everyday schooling sessions, as ... -
How to Ride Collected Walk
Collected walk first appears in dressage tests at Medium level in the UK, at Third level in the US and continues right through to ... -
How to Ride a Good Canter-Walk Transition
As you progress through the dressage levels, you’ll encounter the canter to walk transition. Canter to walk is used when riding simple changes as ... -
How to Ride Flying Changes
Flying changes are often seen as the highlight of an advanced dressage test and are something every dressage rider wants to master! When the ... -
How to Ride Turn Around the Forehand
Why do we teach horses to perform turn around the forehand? It is usually taught as the first ‘sideways’ movement, as it’s a simple ... -
How to Half-Pass
Half-pass is a forward/sideways movement. Remember the order of those words – it is crucial to maintaining them in that order while you teach ...
