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Tips for Evaluating Foals as Dressage Prospects
Dietrich Felgendreher answers a reader question about evaluating foals as prospects for national and international dressage competition.
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A Galloping Good Time: Productive Hacking for the Young Horse
Blogger Pam Stone shares how she incorporates hacking and hillwork in the training of her young horse. Plus, check out her tip for riding safely in the heat.
Dressage Today Extra
A Plan for Starting Young Horses + Build Your Equine First Aid Travel Kit
Read more in the latest edition of the DT Extra!
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Strategies for Training Young Horses: An Exercise to Combine Leg Yield and Turn on the Forehand
In the second installment of her two-part article on training young horses, Dressage Today blogger Jenna Arnold shares an exercise that teaches the horse to yield his ribcage.
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Six Strategies for Training Young Horses
Dressage Today blogger Jenna Arnold shares six strategies from her experiences training young horses in this first installment of a two-part article.
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Monica Theodorescu: The Purpose and Value of Lateral Work
A discussion of this indispensable element in daily dressage training
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Go Down to Go Up: Promoting Relaxation in the Horse’s Back
Dressage Today blogger Pam Stone shares an update on her youngster Lucas and details her observations on gaining access to his back.
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Gentle Hacks: A Break from the Rest of the World
Blogger Pam Stone shares an update on her young horse, Lucas, in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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A Jolly Good Ferro: in Praise of this Famous Dressage Bloodline
Blogger Pam Stone shares an update on her youngster, Lucas, who is a KWPN by Negro (by Ferro).
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Blogger Pam Stone: Beginning a Journey with a New Lifelong Equine Partner
Pam reflects on the search for and arrival of Lucas, a 3-year-old Negro gelding with a great brain, a big canter and lots of promise.