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Breaking Down The Grand Prix Dressage Horse – Bad Behavior VS Bad Riding

March 18, 2021 admin 0

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What are you doing to recognize your horse when they’re afraid, and stop it? The pandemic has made live streams more available than ever in the dressage world. That means we are able to watch and learn more about what is happening in dressage. Which is awesome! It also means that we are able to […]

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What Happened To The Piaffe?

March 17, 2021 admin 0

What Is The Piaffe? The piaffe is a dressage movement where the horse is in a highly collected and cadenced trot, in place or nearly in place. The center of gravity of the horse should be more towards the hind end, with the hindquarters slightly lowered and great bending of the joints in the hind […]

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Stop Riding With Piano Hands! How To Improve Your Hands In Dressage

March 16, 2021 admin 0

Correct hand positioning and rein aids: Exercises for upright hands Our hands are our connection to our horse’s mouth, one of the most sensitive parts of their body. The goal should be a constant, soft connection with our reins. Often, we tend to twist our hands, with the result that our aids start to be […]

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Damsey’s Last Dance – The Grand Prix Dressage Stallion Officially Retires

March 14, 2021 admin 0

Helen Langehanenberg, Susanne Meyer and Louise Leatherdale announced the retirement from sport of their 19-year old Hanoverian stallion Damsey. Surprisingly Doha, Qatar was chosen as retirement show, far away from the actual dressage world. However, the door has been left open for Helen and Damsey to compete in one or two more shows in Europe this […]

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Top Secret Horseshow Hack They Don’t Want You To Know About!

March 12, 2021 admin 0

Top Secret Professional riders get to have all the fun! They get to ride the nice horses, travel around the world and keep all the best secrets on how to cheat their way to a better score. Today we are breaking down the walls! To give you everything you need to know about this top-secret […]

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Dressage Contraversies: What Is Rolkur?

March 11, 2021 admin 0

Rolkur is often a hot topic and a bit of trigger among dressage riders. I have been following a series of dressage controversy videos on TikTok done by Blonde Dressage. She does a great job of explaining some of the hot topics in the dressage world and why you should care. I reached out to […]

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That Horse Is NOT Spooking It Is Dying!

March 10, 2021 admin 0

How Did We Get Here Over the past few weeks, we have posted several Dressage Disaster videos of horses spooking in the Grand Prix at the Global Dressage Festival. While most riders can relate to a horse casually spooking here and there. It needs to be addressed that there is a difference in how and […]

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Spanish Riding School: In-Hand Work & Long Line Work

March 9, 2021 admin 0

In-Hand Work In classical training of dressage, the In-Hand work is a great way to teach half steps and work the piaffe and passage to your horse. The Spanish riding school used the in-hand work for so much more. In this video, we watch the magic and beauty of the in hand work done by […]

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The BEST Way To Get Your Horse On The Bit During A Dressage Test!

March 9, 2021 admin 0

Double The Marks The walk has a double co-efficient in your dressage test so stop treating it like a side chick on the weekend and start training it in a way that you will become a dressage superstar! The walk transition often causes a lot of anxiety for both horse and rider when you are […]

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Dressage Disaster: Valentine Loses Heart

March 5, 2021 admin 0

Hard NO From Valentine Olympian Ashley Holzer has switched teams and it is a ‘hard no’ from her horse Valentine as she loses heart during the Grand Prix Special last week at the Global Dressage Festival. Switching Teams After representing Canada at the Olympics on Breaking Dawn and Pop Art. Ashley Holzer has officially become […]

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