Preserving the horse’s health and well-being and promoting a longer working life means a healthy mind and body….
Y – IS FOR YIELD
The debate on whether to leg yield or not is not a new one. Certainly Classical Dressage purists…
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X – IS FOR HALT AT X
Collecting easy points with a good square halt at x or rather ensuring that you don’t lose easy…
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W – IS FOR WALK
In the walk, there is a lot of movement in the back of a horse and our aim…
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V – IS FOR VARIATION
What is variation ? It is “a change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level, typically within…
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U – IS FOR UP
In the early stages of your training all transitions can be progressive, but most benefit will be gained if…
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T – IS FOR TRANSITIONS
Transitions are the key to … building the hind end muscles developing better balance maintaining rhythm teaching horses…
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S – IS FOR STRAIGHTNESS
There is nothing more difficult than keeping a horse straight! A horse is said to be straight when…
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R – IS FOR RHYTHM AND RELAXATION – R&R
The rhythm that a horse maintains in all its gaits and paces is fundamental to Dressage riding. Rhythm…
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Q – IS FOR QUICK
Dressage is a thinking sport, riding is about strategy. Following on from my P is for Preparation post…
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