The Crystal System is all about finding clarity in your approach and keeping things simple. In my new…


NOVICE TEST – 5 Questions for the Novice Dressage Rider
A New Year often brings new ambitions, reinvigoration of our aspirations and thoughts about how we will make…

Novice Test – The 20 Metre Circle
The Crystal System is all about finding clarity in your approach and keeping things simple. By simple I…

NOVICE TEST – Teardrop Turn or Demi-volte to Long Side
Teardrop Turn – demi-volte to long side The history of dressage is vast and fascinating, full of intriguing…

You are not a Nervous Rider – You are Excited
In another of our series of Real Life Rider issues, Lisa is fighting competition demons. Anyone who has…

THE COLLECTIVE MARKS – IMPULSION
Are your collective marks letting you down? You may have honed every move in your dressage test, completing…

COLLECTIVE MARKS – PACES AND REGULARITY – CANTER
This is the fourth blog in my series on Collective Marks, this one concentrating on the canter. As…
J – IS FOR JUDGE
Ever wondered if the judge is blind? We have all experienced the test where you think you have…
DRESSAGE TEST MOVEMENT PREPARATION
The dressage test movements come up on you so fast, don’t they? Each section of the test is…

COLLECTIVE MARKS – PACES AND REGULARITY – TROT
The importance of how you understand and focus on the collective marks cannot be emphasised enough. If you…