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Instruction
Improve Your Horse’s Straightness in Canter Departs
Katherine Bateson-Chandler answers this reader question, discussing the ideal canter aids to help keep your horse straight.

Instruction
Ten Tips to Improve Your Score on Your Next Dressage Test
Cesar Torrente gives you easy fixes to increase your scores and improve your ride at every level of dressage.

Blog
First Level Frustrations
If you want to set yourself apart at First Level and earn points that others don’t, check out these two movements where mistakes are commonly made.

Instruction
Janet Foy: How to Ride a Shoulder-In
This expert explains why shoulder-in is a go-to exercise in her dressage training.

Blog
A Common Mistake in First Level Lengthenings
Margaret Freeman shares a tip on lengthenings in First Level tests and discusses the importance of staying straight.

Instruction
Teaching Travers with Belinda Nairn-Wertman
This Olympian shows how to develop your horse’s suppleness, collection and strength with haunches-in.

Barn and Facility
Summer Fly Control for Horses
What Are the Most Common Mistakes in Fly Control?