Ask the Experts: Horse Anticipates Flying Changes
Q: My horse anticipates the flying change every time I cross the diagonal. While I first thought it’s a great thing, I now find it more annoying as my horse...
“How do I get a more elastic trot?” (Dressage Today, April 2015)
Reader Question: Could you give me some exercises that make my horse’s trot strides slower and more elastic, with more depth to the gait? I do get slowness, but feel...
“Ask the Experts: Memorizing a Dressage Test” (Dressage Today, February 2014)
Several weeks before the show, Read through your test until you can recite it in your head, say it out loud, or write it down, with no mistakes. You may...
“Ask the Experts: Uberstreichen” (Dressage Today, November 2012)
Literally translated from the German, “uber” means “over”, and “streichen” means “to stroke or pet”. Put simply, uberstreichen is a slacking of the reins by moving both hands forward along...
“Ask the Experts: Showing After a 15 Year Hiatus” (Dressage Today, November 2011)
Congratulations on your decision to start showing again after 15 years! You will be happy to know that our sport has grown tremendously since you last came down the centerline....
“The release: letting the aids breathe” (Dressage Today, March 2009)
One of the most significant things I have learned over the years is the importance of the release. Not a big fan of the “hold and drive until your arms...
“Developing Feel” (Topline Ink Equestrian Journal, Sep/Oct 2008)
Have you noticed that some riders seem to ride effortlessly, while others appear to be working harder, even struggling, to accomplish even the simplest requests from their horses? Have you...
“What Judges Would Change…” (Hunter and Sport Horse, March/April 2005)
In the article entitled, “What Judges Would Change”. Hunter and Sport Horse Magazine, April 2005: “I would like to see a greater number of riders who are performing tests...
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