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Dressage Today Extra
Lessons from Silva Martin + Recovery from Intense Work
Silva Martin encourages clinic riders to ride forward and straight. PLUS, insights to help your horse recover from a challenging training session.
Theory
Dressage Solutions: Develop a Forward Feeling
Try this tip from Jennifer Baumert.
Instruction
Increase Your Horse’s Responsiveness to Your Aids
Sabine Rijssenbeek explains how to improve this aspect of communication between horse and rider.
Instruction
When Your Dressage Horse Offers Passage During a Hack
Chris Hickey shares how you can harness your horse's natural passage steps to teach passage in the arena.
Theory
Dressage Solutions: How to Tell When Your Horse Is Forward Enough
Try this tip from Chris Hickey.
Lifestyle
My First Kiss: The Half Halt
A neurosurgeon finds that learning the half halt is more difficult than performing brain surgery.
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
The Dressage Whip: Complexity Increases as You Progress
The whip is an important training tool in dressage when used properly.
Theory
Dressage Solutions: Forward Half Halts to Open the Throatlatch
Try this tip from Carl Hester.
Instruction
Why Does My Horse Reject My Driving Aids?
There are several possible explanations for a horse’s resistance to forwardness.