Jaimey and Tina Irwin are two of Canada’s top dressage riders and trainers. In the first of two articles, they explain their approach to dressage warm-ups.
Training
Implementing a Yearly Training Plan can help you and your horse attain your equestrian competition goals by focussing on precise weekly objectives.
Stephen Clarke shares tips for training dressage horses, with emphasis on effective use of aids, while encouraging responsiveness and maintaining balance.
Charlotte Dujardin presents a series of lateral work exercises to improve suppleness, straightness, transitions, and the quality of the gaits in horses.
Does winter weather have you arena-bound? Give these lungeing ideas and other fun indoor stuff to do with your horse to ease the boredom a try.
Handy hints for developing better leg position and more effective aids, so you stop losing your stirrups or gripping your horse’s sides.
Here are a number of techniques – some of which are effective, and some which need to be shelved permanently in the name of “desensitizing” horses.
If your horse tends to have a hollowed back, it can indicate weakness through the abdominals and lack of engagement. Here are some targeted exercises.
How to recognize when your horse is ready for the double bridle, a dressage milestone, plus how to choose the right bridle and bitting options.
The flying change is one of those movements that defines the beginning of upper-level dressage training. Introduce it by keeping it simple.