Corners are not all the same!

Dressage riders know corners are important. Corners are the beginning and end of all things. A better corner makes for better movements, improves accuracy, balances the horse and presents a polished picture.

But not all corners are the same for every level. A young horse does not ride the same kind of corner as a Grand Prix horse, and a Training level test does not require the same deep corner as a higher level test. Watching a good test you may not even notice the riders’ corners because they are so seamless and all the movements flow so easily. So what is the same and what is different about corners in different levels?

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