When your horse breaks out of his canter during a dressage test and falls back into trot, you’re pretty much ...

Big-moving horses are definitely head-turners when it comes to dressage, and when they’re well-schooled and working correctly according to the ...

Have you ever seen the judge’s comment, “four-beat” on one of your score sheets when referring to the canter? If ...

A horse that is too short in its neck will be marked down in dressage tests at all levels. But ...

There is at least one halt in all dressage tests, and in some, there can be as many as three. ...

If your horse begins to anticipate what you want him to do, that can lose you lots of marks in ...

For dressage, it’s essential that your horse works forward from your leg and with impulsion. However, some horses naturally have ...

Straightness is the fifth of the dressage Scales of Training and is one that presents many riders with a challenge, ...

“Balance” is a term that is frequently used by riders, trainers, and dressage judges. It applies to all riders and ...

Anyone who has spent any reasonable amount of time around horses has probably experienced a spook or two (possibly more!).  ...