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Arena Exercises Featured Joan Williams Lessons Uncategorized

THE MAKING OF A QUADRILLE TEAM

By JOAN WILLIAMS So you want to start a quadrille team but don’t know how to begin. Here are some ideas to help get it off the ground. Talk to […]

Basics Featured Fitness Peggy Cummings Position Rider Theory & History

BUILDING THE ATHLETE THROUGH THE NEW BASICS

By PEGGY CUMMINGS What prevents dressage riders from going beyond Training or First Level? Why are so many backyard riders not able to get their horse off the forehand? […]

Answers to Questions Ida Anderson Norris The Aisleway The Show

WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF SHOWING? ANSWERED BY IDA ANDERSON NORRIS

By IDA ANDERSON NORRIS – Clearly as an active competitor, constantly competing from Training level to Grand Prix, and as a licensed USEF Senior dressage judge, I like and enjoy competition. […]

Featured Impulsion Jenny Rolfe Training

LOOKING AT IMPULSION

BY JENNY ROLFE Have you ever taken timeless moments to look over the gate of the field watching your horse when he is relaxing and grazing in the field? […]

Arlene Rigdon Balance Rhythm Theory & History Training

BALANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE

BY ARLENE RIGDON In training the horse along the principles of dressage, there is one quality that, though it is elusive and often subtle, is fundamental to everything. […]

Basics Featured Ida Anderson Norris Training

A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN A HEAD SET!

BY IDA ANDERSON NORRIS One of my students (who is an instructor that attended the Florida Dressage Experience Program School), recently attended a dressage symposium with a notable Olympian […]

Biomechanics Conditioning Featured Horse Nancy Nicholson Theory & History Training

BUILDING A POWERFUL TOPLINE

BY DR. NANCY NICHOLSON Introduction and Background A top line outline is one of the first things we notice about our horses. They literally carry themselves with its ligaments and other […]

Care & Wellness Conditioning Featured Horse Jec Ballou

BY JEC ARISTOTLE BALLOU Horses must become athletes first, and only then become dressage specialists. Many horses end up stuck in a training rut because they lack basic physical conditioning, which […]

Connection Featured Jenny Rolfe The Aids Training

THOUGHTS ON CONTACT

BY JENNY ROLFE Contact is the way a rider converses with a horse; a good contact, therefore, is when the rider is having a conversation with the horse during […]

Biomechanics Care & Wellness Conditioning Dressage Training Scale Horse Nancy Nicholson Theory & History Training

HORSE AS ATHLETE

BY DR. NANCY NICHOLSON HORSE AS ATHLETE Strategy and tactics for Development We have discussed walk as a foundation gait for horses and for humans. What we can understand, in addition, […]