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Cross Training For Dressage Horses

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How to develop your dressage horse by teaching him to love learning

By JJ Tate with Louisa Zai • Photos by Richard Malmgren
Jun 6, 2019

Cross-training is good for all athletes, including horses, and there are numerous options available to add variety and reap rewards of improved flexibility, endurance and strength. Here Grand Prix rider Nicholas Fyffe rides Fiero HGF, a P.R.E. stallion.

A Grand Prix trainer explains how cross-training for the horse and rider can improve performance.

By Nicholas Fyffe with Jennifer Shepherd • Photos by Susan J. Stickle
Aug 6, 2019