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Why You Actually Have to Move Your Joints and Be Supple to Be Still as a Rider

Why You Actually Have to Move Your Joints and B...

When you watch a skilled dressage rider glide gracefully through a test, their upper body seems serene and still, as if the horse were effortlessly carrying them without interruption. However,...

Why You Actually Have to Move Your Joints and B...

When you watch a skilled dressage rider glide gracefully through a test, their upper body seems serene and still, as if the horse were effortlessly carrying them without interruption. However,...

The Art of Warming Up: Preparing Your Horse for Dressage Work

The Art of Warming Up: Preparing Your Horse for...

A good warm-up is the foundation of any successful dressage session. It sets the tone for the ride, allowing the horse to loosen up physically and mentally while the rider...

The Art of Warming Up: Preparing Your Horse for...

A good warm-up is the foundation of any successful dressage session. It sets the tone for the ride, allowing the horse to loosen up physically and mentally while the rider...

Training Beyond The Test: Why You Should Ride One Level Above Your Competition

Training Beyond The Test: Why You Should Ride O...

Competing in dressage, eventing, or any equestrian discipline is a thrilling and rewarding experience. It gives riders a benchmark for progress, a chance to showcase their hard work, and a...

Training Beyond The Test: Why You Should Ride O...

Competing in dressage, eventing, or any equestrian discipline is a thrilling and rewarding experience. It gives riders a benchmark for progress, a chance to showcase their hard work, and a...

Why We Need to Learn to Do Less With Our Hands

Why We Need to Learn to Do Less With Our Hands

One of the greatest challenges in riding is overcoming our natural human tendency to be hand-dominant. From infancy, we rely on our hands to interact with the world—grasping, fixing, and...

Why We Need to Learn to Do Less With Our Hands

One of the greatest challenges in riding is overcoming our natural human tendency to be hand-dominant. From infancy, we rely on our hands to interact with the world—grasping, fixing, and...

Dressage rider on black horse

Not a naturally talented rider? Don't despair!

Some riders seem born to be in the saddle. They sit effortlessly at all gaits, their hands remain soft yet steady, and their horses respond with a lightness that seems...

Not a naturally talented rider? Don't despair!

Some riders seem born to be in the saddle. They sit effortlessly at all gaits, their hands remain soft yet steady, and their horses respond with a lightness that seems...

How to deal with a bad ride

How to deal with a bad ride

For many of us, riding and caring for our horses can be the best parts of our day, and the feeling of finally getting an amazing transition or winning a...

How to deal with a bad ride

For many of us, riding and caring for our horses can be the best parts of our day, and the feeling of finally getting an amazing transition or winning a...