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Suppleness Exercises for Dressage

Suppleness Exercises for Dressage

Do you need some great suppleness exercises to improve your horse’s way of going? So often as a dressage judge, I see horses struggling to perform movements fluidly due to stiffness. Here are three of my most trusty suppleness exercises and how to do them…

Extra-bendy 10m circles..

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How to check your trotting diagonal

How to check your trotting diagonal

Are you unsure how to check your trotting diagonal? Do you always find yourself on the wrong one, or is your instructor always asking you to change it? Why is it important to be on the correct diagonal anyway?..
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Dressage – A Judge’s Eye View

Dressage – A Judge’s Eye View

My advice as a judge on how to ride a dressage test and improve your scores at Preliminary and Novice level…
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Your Horse Magazine

Your Horse Magazine

My take on tackling fun rides and sponsored riding events and challenges, as featured in Your Horse magazine…
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