Dressage Troubleshooting
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How to Stop Your Horse From Jogging When They Should be Walking
How do you stop your horse from jogging when he should be walking? – That’s a question most dressage riders would dearly love to ... -
How to Stop Your Horse From Resting a Hind Leg in Halt
Some dressage tests have as many as three halts included in the prescribed exercises; many have two. And of course, every dressage test has ... -
How to Stop Your Horse’s Poll From Getting Too Low
A comment that you may sometimes see on your dressage score sheets is ‘poll too low’ or ‘poll dropping’. An unsteady frame of this ... -
How to Encourage Your Horse to Listen More
A common problem faced by dressage riders is that of losing their horse’s attention. This can be particularly problematic in the competition environment and ... -
How to Stop Your Horse From Falling In
A comment that’s frequently seen on dressage test score sheets is, ‘falling in’. This refers to the horse that loses his balance whilst negotiating ... -
How to Ride a Horse That is Sensitive to the Leg and Rushes
Although it is desirable and indeed necessary for a dressage horse to work forwards from the rider’s leg, problems can arise when the horse ... -
How to Keep Your Horse Straight
Straightness is included in the dressage rider’s schooling framework; the scales of training. There are many exercises included in dressage tests that enable the judge to ... -
How to Stop Your Horse Snatching at the Reins
When the horse snatches at the reins, this can be quite infuriating to the rider! If it happens in a dressage test, it will ... -
How to Encourage Your Horse to Stretch on a Long Rein
One of the key scales of training for dressage horses is suppleness. The term refers to the horse’s willingness to work over his back ... -
How to Stop Your Horse Coming Against the Bit
On British Dressage sheets under the collective mark for ‘Submission’, you will see that the directive makes reference to the ‘elasticity of the contact’. ...
