At What Level In Dressage Are You Required to Sit the Trot?
Find out when you should be prepared to ride the sitting trot in dressage competition.
Second Level
Introducing Your Dressage Horse to the Double Bridle
Gina Smith explains how to begin incorporating the double bridle in your work when your horse is ready for it.
Evaluating Progress in a Second Level Pair
Biomechanics expert Susanne von Dietze critiques a Second Level combination.
Introducing Travers and Renvers with Hilda Gurney
These exercises prepare your horse to move up.
Develop a Dressage Training Plan to Move Up
An FEI rider explains how you can create a training schedule for a Second Level horse—but the “planning” principles apply to horses of all levels.
Tips to Let Go and Find Suppleness in Your Body
Biomechanics Expert Susanne von Dietze critiques Vanessa Meeks at Second Level
Janet Foy: How to Ride a Shoulder-In
This expert explains why shoulder-in is a go-to exercise in her dressage training.
A Noble Champion Emerges
One dedicated rider and her team bring an unlikely dressage hero into the spotlight.
How to Ride and Utilize Shoulder-In with Ernst Hoyos
Learn about this classical straightening exercise that produces throughness.
The Importance of Shoulder-in When Training the Dressage Horse
Dressage judge Sarah Geikie explains the importance of bend in riding the venerable shoulder-in exercise.
Exercises to Develop Your Horse’s Straightness and Collection
George Williams explains the importance of the counter canter
The Unwritten Rules of Dressage Test Riding
Follow these points for each dressage level to improve your dressage test scores.
What to Look for When Buying a Baroque Horse
Kristina Harrison explains how to assess rideability, temperament, gaits and conformation when buying a Baroque horse.