Questions

Question # 38: I have an older tb (about 9) that was a rescue we were trying to get weight on earlier this spring. Finally started working him for a couple months - just basic dressage walk and trot and tiny bit of canter both on lunge and undersaddle.

Lesley's Corner

Jumps at the Top of a Hill

Videos

Video # 10: This is Vita and her horse PJ performing a dressage test at a show!

Lesley's Corner

The Speed Play Exercise

Educational Discussions

Discussion # 3: What do the words "athletic" and "scopey" mean to you?

Educational Discussions

Video Discussion # 6: What a fun video to watch! Unusual form of a Puissance competition at an Eventing competition in England

~Lisa's Corner~

Lisa's Blog post # 34

“You might as well jump that little jump while you are working on your canter”   Awesome!  I thought we’d have to iron out a few more wrinkles before we were ready to canter over anything – Lesley made my day! Ever since we had that major break through in dressage

Photos

Photo # 18: This is Vita and her horse PJ!

Questions

Question # 37: We're entering a pure dressage show in two weeks and doing USDF Training Test 2. Movement 9 says "FXM freewalk." I was interpreting this as two half diagonals - two straight lines with an angled turn at X.

Lesley's Corner

Riding in HOT Weather

Questions

Question # 36: Lately, my horse & I are having issues with turning. Whether its to make a serpentine or just a simple 20 meter circle, there are times when he is continuing to move towards the fence instead of turning to the inside. For example,

~Lisa's Corner~

Lisa's Blog post # 33

This time I did fix it! To give us both a break from the redundancy of the arena Cotton and I tried riding out in the field this morning.  The green heads were relentless.  Cotton was thrashing around desperately trying to rid himself of the little pests and we weren’