Dressage Trainer

Tips on how to best choose a trainer and dressage facility

Meet our newest blogger, dressage trainer Kelly McGinn, who will be sharing her journey as they build the dressage facility of her dreams.

Advice to help you build a healthy, lasting relationship with the dressage professional in your life

Charlotte Bredahl-Baker answers this reader question, explaining factors that will affect a rider's journey to Grand Prix level.

Dressage Today's Jennifer Mellace shares an update on her return to the saddle.

Learn how to sell a dressage horse to the best possible home at the best possible price.

How to find the best fit for you as a rider

This educational program features a mix of presentations and active sessions of interest to riders of all ages and disciplines.

What are you afraid of? Sport psychologist Jenny Susser, PhD, discusses the individual and personal nature of fear.

Sport psychologist Jenny Susser, PhD, addresses an issue in the dressage community and reminds us of the importance of facing those difficult conversations.

How to structure your lessons and help students overcome training hurdles.

This accomplished rider finds purpose in sharing her knowledge with a younger generation in and out of the tack.

Dressage trainer Lauren Sprieser shares an important lesson she learned in her dressage journey.

Kyra Kyrklund explains her training philosophy, with focus on collection and tools for achieving it.

Lauren Sprieser explains how to make progress even with time constraints on your opportunity to ride.

Kari Garber explains how as a pedagogue, a dressage trainer has a responsibility to her students to be honest and deliver the information she has.

The future of dressage sport is at a crossroads. Is it entertainment for the audience, or is it about examining classical training for horses? Or can it be both? Christoph Hess discusses in this article.

In the November 2009 issue of Dressage Today magazine, Raul de Leon gives advice and exercises to help trainers teach dressage to students. Here is a list of tips for instructors.