Dressage Movements
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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 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 ... -
How to Ride a 15-Meter Circle
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, ... -
How to Ride Shoulder-Fore
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 ... -
How to Introduce Lateral Work (And in What Order)
Lateral work is an essential part of your daily schooling sessions, as well as being included in the more advanced level dressage tests. If ... -
How to Teach Your Horse to Lengthen
Once you reach novice level in dressage, you will be asked to show that you can lengthen your horse’s stride in the walk, trot, ... -
How to Ride a Good Canter-Trot Transition
Transitions are required in every dressage test throughout the levels and are something that you should be using daily in your horse’s schooling sessions. ... -
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 ...
