Half Halt
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Theory
Why Good Basics Are So Important in Dressage
Gabriel Armando draws on his personal experience to explain why all dressage riders need a solid foundation of basic skills.
Instruction
Finding the Ideal Free Walk
Understand what constitutes a correct free walk and learn how you can help your horse produce a better free walk.
Lifestyle
My First Kiss: The Half Halt
A neurosurgeon finds that learning the half halt is more difficult than performing brain surgery.
Theory
Dressage Solutions: To Know If Your Half Halt Worked
Try this tip from Steffen Peters
Theory
Dressage Solutions: Forward Half Halts to Open the Throatlatch
Try this tip from Carl Hester.
Instruction
9 Techniques to Improve the Halt, Part 2
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.
Instruction
Four Stages to Halt , Part 1
FEI trainer Volker Brommann explains how good halts develop from a foundation of trust, understanding and patience.
Instruction
Dressage Work on the Second Track
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.
Instruction
5 Steps to Shoulder-In with Michelle Gibson
An Olympic bronze medalist shares her strategy for learning and polishing this pivotal movement.
Instruction