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The Secret to Training Like a Pro
Follow the training scale to move up the levels.
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Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel—Balancing the Horse
Watch Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel help a horse become more balanced and uphill.
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Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel—Creating Better Rhythm and Tempo
This video shows Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel working with a rider on lightening her seat.
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Beth Baumert – Balance Your Horse Longitudinally
Beth Baumert explains why your horse loses his balance longitudinally and how to maintain it by riding half-halts and transitions.
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Beth Baumert—Balance Your Horse Laterally
Beth Baumert explains why your horse may lose lateral balance and shares exercises to maintain it by riding shoulder-fore.
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Training Tips to Correct a Horse Who Gets Too Strong In Canter
Elizabeth Madlener explains how address this issue
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Use Transitions to Develop Your Dressage Horse’s Throughness: A Four-Step Exercise
Ride through these four steps from Beth Baumert to improve your horse's throughness.
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How to Develop “Feel” as a Dressage Rider and Find Harmony with Your Horse
Explore the definition of "feel" and the prerequisites for it, then try some exercises to develop it yourself.
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Finding the Ideal Free Walk
Understand what constitutes a correct free walk and learn how you can help your horse produce a better free walk.
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How to Develop Quality Downward Transitions
Lisa Pierson explains how to ride better downward transitions.