Collected walk first appears in dressage tests at Medium level in the UK, at Third level in the US and ...

Read More

How to Ride Collected Walk

You’ve achieved some success in your dressage tests, and now you are ready to move up a level. You read ...

Read More

How to Ride Collected Canter

In British Dressage, when you reach novice level you will notice the word ‘engagement’ appearing in the collective mark directive ...

Read More

How to Develop Your Horse’s Engagement in the Canter

Counter canter basically means cantering on the ‘wrong’ leg. Initially, you are only asked to show a small amount of ...

Read More

How to Ride Counter Canter

Some horses have a really good natural medium trot, whilst others take time to develop the pace. Medium trot is ...

Read More

How to Ride Medium Trot

Out of all your horse’s paces, the trot is the easiest to improve.  Through correct training, you can transform a ...

Read More

How to Create Expression in Your Horse’s Trot

The canter is probably the trickiest gait for a young horse to master in the confines of the dressage arena, ...

Read More

How to Ride and Improve Your Horse’s Canter

The ‘free walk’ is a movement that appears in all dressage tests up to medium level (British Dressage). Riders often ...

Read More

How to Ride and Improve the Free Walk on a Long Rein

Dressage horses are selected and purposely bred to have natural, high-quality, and uphill paces. And the better their natural paces, ...

Read More

How to Enhance the Quality of Your Horse’s Canter

The walk is a pace that is often forgotten about. Very few riders spend time in their regular schooling sessions ...

Read More

How to Ride and Improve Your Horse’s Walk