Haunches-in
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Instruction
How to Perform Haunches-In and Half Pass From the Ground
Head Trainer at Hilltop Farm, 2021 Dressage at Devon winner and USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist Michael Bragdell shows how to perform haunches-in and half pass from the ground.
Instruction
How to Ride a Haunches-In
Grand Prix trainers and competitors Todd Flettrich and Ruth Hogan-Poulsen discuss and demonstrate riding haunches-in.
Theory
How Can I Achieve Suppleness on the Left Rein?
Fran Kehr shares her advice on suppling the horse and suggests exercises to help you shift your horse's balance.
Instruction
Improve Your Horse’s Straightness in Canter Departs
Katherine Bateson-Chandler answers this reader question, discussing the ideal canter aids to help keep your horse straight.
Instruction
Monica Theodorescu: The Purpose and Value of Lateral Work
A discussion of this indispensable element in daily dressage training
FEI
How to Maintain Correct Bend in the Half Pass
Madeleine Austin explains the "ingredients" of a successful half pass.
Instruction
Training Tips to Introduce Haunches-In (Travers)
Haunches-in can be a beneficial training tool when it is correctly applied. In this article, Gerhard Ablinger explains how to determine if your horse is ready to learn haunches-in and shares some tips to introduce it.
Blog
Pam Stone: To Everybody Who Says Arabians Are Nuts
Blogger Pam Stone's time training Party Girl, an Arabian-Holsteiner mare concludes.
Instruction
How to Ride Travers and Half Pass
Dressage judge Janet Foy explains how to judge and ride these required movements.
Theory
Tips to Become “One” With Your Horse
Author and dressage trainer Dominique Barbier offers advice on how to be more focused when working with your dressage horse.