If you’re just beginning your journey into the world of dressage, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the Dressage Scales ...

Straightness and collection are the last two of the dressage Scales of Training. These two aspects of a horse’s way ...

If you’re a keen dressage diva, you should be familiar with the German Scales of Training. But what’s so important ...

Collection is the last of the training scales and is dependent on a fair degree of accomplishment of the earlier ...

Straightness is probably the most difficult of the scales to place in terms of order. Although it is fifth on ...

Impulsion is the fourth of the training scales and only becomes relevant and useful once the first three scales are ...

Contact is the third training scale and is dependent on the previous scales (rhythm/relaxation and suppleness) being relatively well developed. ...

Suppleness is the second of the training scales and as such will always be one of the earliest focuses when ...

We all know what ‘rhythm’ means, right? But in regard to horses, it encompasses more than just what we might ...