Halt to trot transitions are asked for at the beginning of most dressage tests. They are also useful as a ...

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How to Ride a Good Halt-Trot Transition

Have your downward transitions from trot to walk been criticized on your dressage test sheets? Have you received comments such ...

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How to Ride a Good Trot-Walk Transition

A walk pirouette is a movement in which the horse moves his forehand around his haunches, usually through 180 degrees ...

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How to Ride a Walk Pirouette

Transitions form a very important part of your horse’s daily schooling sessions, as well as being potential mark-winners in your ...

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How to Ride a Good Trot-Canter Transition

One movement that is included in dressage tests at the lower levels is the trot-walk-trot exercise and it’s a movement ...

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How to Ride a Good Trot-Walk-Trot Transition

Many riders assume that a medium canter simply means a faster canter, but this is not the case. Here’s an ...

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How to Ride Medium Canter

You can ride a decent trot to canter transition. Now you want to ride a direct transition from walk to canter, without ...

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How to Ride a Good Walk to Canter

Have your downward transitions been criticized on your dressage test sheets? Have you received comments such as ‘abrupt,’ ‘could be ...

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How to Ride a Forwards Downward Transition

Good transitions are a fundamental element of dressage riding and form a major part of all dressage tests, whatever level ...

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How to Ride a Good Walk-Trot Transition

Once you reach novice level in dressage, you will be asked to show that you can lengthen your horse’s stride ...

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How to Teach Your Horse to Lengthen