A comment that’s frequently seen on dressage test score sheets is, ‘falling in’. This refers to the horse that loses ...

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How to Stop Your Horse From Falling In

Although it is desirable and indeed necessary for a dressage horse to work forwards from the rider’s leg, problems can ...

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How to Ride a Horse That is Sensitive to the Leg and Rushes

Straightness is included in the dressage rider’s schooling framework; the scales of training. There are many exercises included in dressage tests that ...

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How to Keep Your Horse Straight

When the horse snatches at the reins, this can be quite infuriating to the rider! If it happens in a ...

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How to Stop Your Horse Snatching at the Reins

One of the key scales of training for dressage horses is suppleness.  The term refers to the horse’s willingness to ...

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How to Encourage Your Horse to Stretch on a Long Rein

Confidence and relaxation are very important if you and your horse are to present a happy and harmonious partnership in ...

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How to Improve Your Horse’s Confidence

On British Dressage sheets under the collective mark for ‘Submission’, you will see that the directive makes reference to the ...

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How to Stop Your Horse Coming Against the Bit

The next dressage test you are planning to ride requires you to canter across the diagonal – but are you ...

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How to Keep Your Horse Balanced When Cantering Across a Diagonal

An important element of the halt exercise in dressage tests is ‘immobility’. Immobility means that your horse should remain perfectly ...

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How to Teach Your Horse to Stand Still

A horse that is not working forward from the rider’s leg is often described as not being, ‘in front of ...

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How to Get Your Horse In Front of the Leg