Cavalletti
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Instruction
How to Correct a Horse Who Gets Heavy and Leans into Contact
Alex Wortmann answers this reader question, explaining how to correctly apply driving aids in conjunction with restraining rein aids.
Instruction
Cross-Training with Cavalletti
Grand Prix dressage trainer Nicholas Fyffe shares why and how he utilizes cavalletti to cross-train his horses.
Instruction
VIDEO: Nicholas Fyffe on Cross-Training for Horse and Rider
Nicholas invites his student and her horse to join him through the cavalletti exercise, offering viewers a look at how two very different horses can utilize the same exercise.
Instruction
Training the Happy Dressage Athlete with JJ Tate
How to develop your dressage horse by teaching him to love learning
First Level
Trot Lengthenings: The What, The Why and The How
Carole Grant explains how to do this basic dressage movement.
Horse Care
Modifying Muscle Patterns to Build a Better Equine Athlete
Understand why and how you should activate a greater range of muscles in your horse’s body.
Instruction
Nicholas Fyffe: Cross-Training for Horse and Rider
A Grand Prix trainer explains how cross-training for the horse and rider can improve performance.
Horse Care
How to Remedy Forging in Dressage Horses
Joy Congdon explains common causes of forging and shares some simple, fun ways to help strengthen your horse.
Instruction
Ingrid Klimke on Cross-Training with Cavalletti
Follow Ingrid Klimke’s six-week plan for dressage horses and see her sample cavalletti layouts.
Theory
The Klimke Approach to Dressage
Germany’s Olympic eventing gold medalist and Grand Prix dressage rider, Ingrid Klimke carries on her legendary father’s classical approach to dressage.