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Aids

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Incorporate this into your training to improve connection and straightness and help you feel the effects of having a horse truly on the outside rein, a critical component of any half halt.

By Martin Kuhn with Annie Morris
Jul 6, 2018

Credit: Arnd Bronkhorst - Arnd.nl Discovering how important the timing of our aids is begins with the rider developing an understanding of the biomechanical footfalls of the horse. In free walk, where the horse has complete freedom of his head and neck and is swinging over his back, feel the swing through his belly muscles.

A dressage rider learns the importance of her aids when she first learns to post on the correct diagnonal.

By Loris Henry
Jun 28, 2018

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Try this tip from Courtney King-Dye

By Courtney King-Dye
May 6, 2018

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Understand what it means to have your horse "in front of the leg."

By Ana Gilmour with Annie Morris
Jan 5, 2018