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An Exercise to Help You Improve ALL of Your Downward Transitions
This exercise, suitable for all levels of horses and riders, will turn you into a rider who is able to ride EFFECTIVE downward transitions - which is what is required to give you the best possible result.
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Canter Pole Exercise # 1
This canter pole exercise has applications for just about every level of horse & rider - from Training level Dressage right to Grand Prix! It will improve your horse's balance and responsiveness, by increasing hind leg engagement. You can even use it to add more scope to your horse's canter stride!
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The Ultimate Rider Hand Position Fix!
Here is a highly effective exercise, that will fix any hand position flaw that you may have!
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An Exercise to Help You to Find Your Abdominal Muscles When in the Saddle
This exercise will specifically help you to locate and be more aware of your abdominal muscles when riding.
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A Mental Trick to Help You to Think More About Your Horse's Hind Legs When Riding & Jumping
Most riders know that they should be focusing more on the horse's hind legs when riding and jumping. But with the temptation of the horse's head and neck visibly in front of us, this can be quite difficult! Here is a little mental trick that will help!
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A Test to See If Your Horse is in LATERAL Self Carriage
In this article, you will find an exercise to make sure that your horse is in lateral self carriage, which is a very important (yet rarely discussed) aspect of self carriage.
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Video # 326: This is Sophie, riding a Dressage test in Pompadour, France!
You look to be a very solid rider, with a strong seat and leg. At times you look to be quite tense in your shoulders. Which is likely caused by the fact that your head and neck tends to jut forward, well ahead of your spine. Look at this drawing:
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Practice This the Next Time You Go Cross Country Schooling!
Here is a great exercise (suitable for all levels!) for you to practice, the next time that you have the opportunity to go cross country schooling!
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A Test of Your Flatwork Training (For All Levels!)
No matter what riding style or discipline you choose, you should be able to prove the solidity of your basic foundation by passing this simple test. And rather shockingly, there are many horses and riders at all levels would NOT pass this test!
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Video # 316: This is Kayla having a jump school!
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The Benefits of Jumping Fences at Sharp Angles
This article discusses the MANY benefits of jumping fences at sharp angles, and also covers which levels of horse and rider teams should be working on angled fences on a regular basis.