Dressage Movements
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How to Ride a Good Halt-Trot Transition
Halt to trot transitions are asked for at the beginning of most dressage tests. They are also useful as a schooling exercise to make ... -
How to Ride a Good Trot-Walk Transition
Have your downward transitions from trot to walk been criticized on your dressage test sheets? Have you received comments such as, ‘abrupt’, ‘should be ... -
How to Ride a Walk Pirouette
A walk pirouette is a movement in which the horse moves his forehand around his haunches, usually through 180 degrees until he is facing ... -
How to Ride a Good Trot-Canter Transition
Transitions form a very important part of your horse’s daily schooling sessions, as well as being potential mark-winners in your dressage tests. So, what ... -
How to Ride a Good Trot-Walk-Trot Transition
One movement that is included in dressage tests at the lower levels is the trot-walk-trot exercise and it’s a movement that often causes problems ... -
How to Ride Medium Canter
Many riders assume that medium canter simply means a faster canter, but this is not the case. Here’s an overview of what is required ... -
How to Ride a Good Walk to Canter
You can ride a decent trot to canter transition. Now you want to ride a direct transition from walk to canter, without going through ... -
How to Ride a Forwards Downward Transition
Have your downward transitions been criticized on your dressage test sheets? Have you received comments such as, ‘abrupt’, ‘should be more forward’, ‘needing to ... -
How to Ride a Good Halt
One movement that appears at least once in every dressage test is the halt. On the face of it, the halt should be an ... -
How to Ride a Good Circle
Every dressage test throughout the levels asks the rider to perform circles of various sizes. Circles are designed to test the horse’s balance, suppleness ...
