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

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 […]

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

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 […]

Dressage Disaster: Valentine Loses Heart

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 […]

4 Exercises To Help Improve Your Corners In Dressage

Using your corners can make or break your dressage test, but how you use your corners will depend on the level of your horse and their ability to balance the collection through the corners. In this video with dressage trainer Bert Sheffield we work through 4 levels of exercises to work your horse through the […]

Warm-Up Wednesday: Heather Blitz & Paragon Grand Prix Dressage Warm-Up

Warm-Up Wednesday It is Warm-Up Wednesday! We are throwing it back to the last year the Paragon and Heather Blitz competed before he was retired. Paragon was known for his controversial movement throughout his career. Today we get to watch Paragon warm-up for the Grand Prix at the Global Dressage Festival in 2015. About Paragon […]

Which One Is Better? Totilas Offspring Comparison – Total US, Toto Jr & Go Legend

The New Frontier With Totilas out of the picture, many dressage fans have been waiting for the moment the offspring of the black dressage stallion would hit the Grand Prix ring. Now is that time. Last week we saw Edward Gal, who also rode Totilas, ride Toto Jr and Total US in the Grand Prix. […]

How To Ride Counter Canter to Flying Change In Dressage

The Counter Canter Counter canter is a stepping stone to not only developing the flying changes in dressage but they also help you prepare for the tempi changes in which you will be required to get your horse to do a flying change when and where you ask for it. As a rider I have […]

Watch Judges Critique Charlotte Dujardin & Mount St John Freestyle In The Grand Prix!

We all love to watch Charlotte Dujardin ride the grand prix centerline and work her magic with a dressage horse. Have you ever wondered what the judges think Charlotte Dujardin can improve on in her dressage tests? It is hard to believe that someone who has broken world records can possibly make a mistake in […]

Jessica von Bredow-Werndl & Zaire 14 Win The Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle 84.8%

Jessica von Bredow-Werndl & Zaire 14 are doing their happy dance all the way to the Olympics in 2021. This fun-filled crowd-pleasing grand Prix dressage freestyle took the winning honors at the CHI Al Shaqab in Doha with an 84.8%. In second place, hot on their heels was Damsey FRH & Helen Langehanenberg with 82% […]

Is This Horse Lame? Lameness Lab

Is This Horse Lame? Our most successful series of videos here on Dressage Hub was the Lameness Lab: Is This Horse Lame series hosted by Equine Guelph. In this series, we talk about how to identify lameness in horses. When it comes to an eye for lameness it is important to continue to watch horses […]