In the past, dressage riders and trainers spent much time developing their horses’ basic training and building a solid foundation ...

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How to Build a Good Dressage Foundation

Dressage riding is a complex process that requires effort, hard work, commitment, discipline, and dedication on the part of the ...

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How to Be a GREAT Dressage Rider

One question that many people would love to know the answer to is, “how are dressage horses trained?” That’s a ...

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How are Dressage Horses Trained?

Many riders spend hours schooling their horses in the same pace and at the same tempo, primarily in trot. Now, ...

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How to Use Cavaletti for Dressage Schooling

As a dressage rider, you will almost certainly have read comments on your dressage test score sheet that refer to ...

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How Your Horse Should Use His Hindquarters

If you have an “ordinary” horse with regular but unspectacular paces, you may wonder if you have a hope of ...

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How ‘Ordinary’ Horses can Excel in Dressage Competitions

In all of your riding, whether it be competing, schooling, or just hacking out, you should be thinking about balance ...

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How to Develop Balance and Symmetry in Both Horse and Rider

Many aspiring riders assume that they cannot be called “dressage riders” until they have reached a good level of competition. ...

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How to Be a Dressage Rider

If you’re a dressage rider facing the challenge of only having a small riding arena in which to school your ...

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How to Ride in a Small Dressage Arena

Take a look at your dressage score sheet, and you will notice the word, “elasticity” mentioned in the collective marks ...

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How to Develop Your Horse’s Elasticity