Driving Aid
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Instruction
10 Tips for Better Driving Aids
Use the seat, leg, voice and whip to help train the horse to the lightest forward aid.
Instruction
Using Driving Aids to Increase Your Horse’s Responsiveness
Todd Flettrich and Ruth Hogan-Poulsen demonstrate how driving aids can help increase your horse's responsiveness.
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.
Blog
A Four-Step Checklist to Begin Every Ride
Use this easy-to-follow checklist as a tool to check in on your horse's responsiveness to each of the aids.
Instruction
The Secrets of the Half Halt with Conrad Schumacher
Trainer Conrad Schumacher explains step by step how to master the intricacies of the half halt and ride it correctly—whatever the situation.
Instruction
How to Develop a More Elastic Trot in Your Dressage Horse
Dressage judge Sandy Hotz offers advice on how to make a dressage horse's trot more elastic.
Instruction
Create Energy in Your Dressage Horse
Tom Noone explains how to address this common problem in dressage training by improving your horse's response to your aids.
Instruction
Correct and Prevent Pumping with the Upper Body During Canter
A trainer, teacher and accomplished dressage competitor advises how to correct pumping with the upper body at the canter.
Theory
Dressage Solutions: Help Your Horse Stay Round and Forward Throughout Half Halts
Try this tip from Robert Dover.