Pushing Engine

connect your horse in shoulder fore
Riding / Training How-To

Connect Your Horse in Shoulder-Fore

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

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Riding / Training How-To

Get Your Horse’s Pushing Engine in Gear

Activating your horse's pushing engine begins before you even set foot in the arena.

Credit: SusanJStickle.com Mica Mabragana and Infanta HFG demonstrate how a horse ridden in balance is free to move forward in rhythm, with suppleness, reaching for the bit—all without tension.
Instruction

How to Optimize Your Dressage Horse's Soundness from the Saddle

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

Courtesy, Mickensey Giraulo Johnson
Instruction

Tips to Quicken Your Horse's "Engine"

Biomechanics expert Susanne von Dietze critiques Mickensey Giraulo Johnson at First level.