Rhythm

A guide for training this collected movement under saddle

Author and dressage trainer Dominique Barbier offers advice on how to be more focused when working with your dressage horse.

Heather Blitz explains the difference between these two terms used commonly in dressage.

Lisa Pierson answers a reader question and explains how to balance your horse in the canter with exercises to improve engagement.

Sabine Rijssenbeek explains how to improve this aspect of communication between horse and rider.

Try this tip from Chris Hickey.

Use this conceptual tool to help your riding in a practical way.

You need a variety of strategies to train this type of horse.

Jan Brons explains steps you can take to avoid frustration for you and your horse as you move forward in your training.

How to develop a strong foundation for a challenging upper-level movement.

These transitions, when done properly, keep the dressage horse forward, loose and working through his body.

This exercise can be used for horses of all ages and levels to strengthen the topline, create throughness and to test the honesty of aids.

Matt McLaughlin answers this reader question.

Dressage has the ability to heal gait abnormalities and promote soundness.

Learn what correct activity is and how the rider can use her aids to activate her horse’s motor.

Lendon Gray explains how the use of passive aids can improve a horse's self-carriage.

Melonie Kessler explains the difference between working, medium, lengthened and extended trot.

Eckart Meyners explains how to establish the young horse’s natural rhythm under the weight of the rider.

10 key points for riding like a dressage professional

A book excerpt from The Alchemy of Lightness by Dominique Barbier and Maria Katsamanis

A top dressage judge reminds us to stick to the classical principles in our training.

Three exercises to help loosen your hips.

Kathleen Raine discusses how to make your horse move with better rhythm and more expression.