Half Halt

An American Olympian describes her system for developing her horses mentally and physically from their start as young horses to the Grand Prix.

The half halt is a combination of forward aids and restricting aids that will put your horse in balance and on the bit.

Use this easy-to-follow checklist as a tool to check in on your horse's responsiveness to each of the aids.

USDF certified instructor Jennifer Truett offers her advice

Madeleine Austin explains the "ingredients" of a successful half pass.

Inside a session from the Old Master Series

Chris Hickey shares how you can harness your horse's natural passage steps to teach passage in the arena.

Kathy Connelly teaches you simple steps to practice and perfect the half halt.

Gabriel Armando draws on his personal experience to explain why all dressage riders need a solid foundation of basic skills.

Understand what constitutes a correct free walk and learn how you can help your horse produce a better free walk.

A neurosurgeon finds that learning the half halt is more difficult than performing brain surgery.

Try this tip from Steffen Peters

Try this tip from Carl Hester.

FEI trainer Volker Brommann explains how to develop the halt through the training levels and gives tips on how to improve this movement and correct common problems.

FEI trainer Volker Brommann explains how good halts develop from a foundation of trust, understanding and patience.

Incorporate this into your training to improve connection and straightness and help you feel the effects of having a horse truly on the outside rein, a critical component of any half halt.

An Olympic bronze medalist shares her strategy for learning and polishing this pivotal movement.

Raul de Leon answers a reader's question on how to cope with a horse that is heavy on the forehand.

Get an inside look at this British dressage great's first clinic in America.

Successful riding at the upper levels of dressage begins with teaching your horse to come through his back with a long neck and go to the hand.

Cindy Sydnor critiques this rider and 9-year-old mare.

How to use upward and downward transitions with half-halts in shoulder-fore.

Learn how to begin schooling First Level movements with a 4-year-old.

The key to a horse’s longevity is riding him in balance.