Training Articles

The give & retake is one of the movements that i think is so often misunderstood and rarely worked on in training. So what is a give and...

I have had a lot of clients recently that have come to me wanting to improve their medium trot or wanting to teach their horse how to do...

Having our horses on the bit, having them round or in an outline is something that seems to be something all dressage riders focus a lot...

What is a shoulder in? Why is it important to teach our horses shoulder in? What does a good shoulder in look like? What are the aids for...

In this article we look at what stretching is, what we need to create a good stretch and why it is so important to incorporate this into...

In this article we are going to look at the theory, uncovering what the right reaction to our leg is, why horses sometimes react in the...

In this article we are going to look at the theory, uncovering what the aids for a leg yield are and why leg yields are so beneficial for...

----- I'm pre-warning you all this article is more about things to think about rather than necessarily a definitive step-by-step guide to...

This topic may seem obvious, test riding is running through a test and training is what you do on a daily basis right? Wrong! There is so...

In this training article we are going to be taking a look at horses that come under the term 'lazy' or 'slow'. A little secret is that I...

A horses straightness is something that crops up regularly in every test you will ever do in dressage. The start and end of every test...

This week i wanted to take a look at the term 'half halt'. Its a term that you hear trainers take about all the time and as a rider im...

In our Learn section we talked about why working on our circles is so important, the benefits that using smaller circles can have and the...

Circles come into play at every single level of dressage. We start with 20m circles at prelim and progress through to 10 and 8m circles...

In this post we talk about the 4 steps you need to work through in your training session to create a controlled, focussed and relaxed...

Now seems like a great time to talk about hot and sharp horses. We've had a lot of snow here in the UK and this has meant that we weren’t...

The inside leg to outside rein connection is a concept that is talked about hugely on social media. My god do you hear it mentioned a...

If you haven't yet read the 'learn' part from this week then click here. You will be able to read all about why the inside leg to outside...