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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.

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