My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
I try not to use a reader for dressage tests — I always found it too distracting to listen to someone when I needed to be thinking a movement or two ahead. Certainly listening to this read would have either sent me astray or had me fall off from laughing too hard!
Read MoreThis horse seems to have multiple talents in both disciplines! And that rider gets kudos for sticking those bucks.
Read MoreHere’s a guide to dressage as only Eddie Izzard can describe it! If you haven’t come across this talented comedian before, you are in for a treat.
Read MoreLove this article from Horse Nation–8 Movements that aren’t in the new FEI dressage tests, but should be ! I have personally executed several of these movements in the dressage ring. Not the one to the left, thank goodness, but for sure the Spook at Judge, Buck You, and the Snob. What about you?
Read MoreHow many times have you seen people attempt shoulder in or half pass, only to see their horse bulging through the shoulder and shuffling sorta sideways. Or the rider bending the wrong way and thinking they have achieved half pass, or even more common, thinking their horse is straight when it’s actually shaped a bit […]
Read MoreThere’s so much focus now in equine forums about saddle fit for horses that sometimes fit for riders gets overlooked. Sure, it’s important for the saddle to fit your horse. But it also needs to fit you! Fighting the tack every stride does not make you a better rider, it makes you a frustrated one. […]
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