Dressage Warm-Up The warm-up ring is where all of the action happens at a dressage show. In fact, many professional riders say that the best way to learn from watching is by heading over to the warm-up ring to watch. While you can learn a lot from the warm-up ring in dressage there are a […]
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Dressage Disaster: Double Trouble – Blood Elimination For Ashley Holzer
Ashley Holzer In The Hot Seat Ashley Holzer and her ride on Valentine have been a hot topic here on Dressage Hub all season. When Valentine entered the ring in a state of terror the ride went downhill from there. Part 1: https://youtu.be/l2G5u4RG19M Part 2: https://youtu.be/uTaBxHNrzZM Ashley Holzer is back again in the Hot Seat […]
Dressage Disaster P2: Valentine Loses Heart – Rolkur, Anoxia & Trigger Stacking Explained
This dressage disaster triggered a lot of people. There are those who endlessly support a big name and bad decisions and those who see that there is a problem with this ride. Where the opinions start to really vary is whether you believe that this is merely a simple spook or if you believe that […]
Corrupt Judging Rewards Bad Riding: Karen Pavicic ‘Snatched’ Another Win
Corrupt Judging Rides Again Corrupt judging is one of those topics that riders are not supposed to talk about in public. Yet every rider will tell you a tale about a judge who has openly judged them with bias. Last week we talked about the corrupt judging in the Lovsta Future Challenge Class. We stated […]
Dressage Fail: No Change
Dressage disasters are a hot topic here at Dressage Hub. Not all bad tests end in disaster but they certainly result in a dressage fail. In today’s video, we are going to take a look at how these riders all failed in the flying changes. We often see a mistake in the flying changes in […]
Too Much Spur and Too Much Hand – Finding A Balance In Dressage
Leg VS Hand United States Olympic team member Allison Brock talks about riding the horse in front of the leg and onto the bit in this video. The part that nobody really wants to talk about is there is a balance between the leg and the spur and often riders are overusing both. We have […]
Corrupt Dessage Judging Rewards Bad Riding! How Karen Pavicic Slept Her Way To The Top!
Winning At All Costs Let’s face it when you suck at riding horses and have a lofty goal in mind, you need to find a better way to make that dream happen. That is exactly what Canadian turned Croatian, dressage rider Karen Pavicic has done. This weekend at the Wellington CDI she managed to score […]
Breaking Down The Grand Prix Dressage Horse – Bad Behavior VS Bad Riding
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 […]
What Happened To The Piaffe?
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 […]
Stop Riding With Piano Hands! How To Improve Your Hands In Dressage
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 […]