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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
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Trotting Fences
Trotting fences, especially bigger ones, is a lot like eating your veggies... you may not especially like them at that moment, but they are good for you! Keep reading to find out why, and how to make the best use of this underutilized exercise.
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An Exercise For Riders at All Levels, That Will Improve Your Dressage Test!
This exercise has SO many benefits, using more attention to the corners of the arena to attain more bending and suppleness, and transitions between them to increase your horse's hind leg engagement and carriage. Read on to find out how to do it!
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A Ground Pole Exercise to Improve Your Horse's Rideability Over Fences
What makes for a smooth show jumping round? Balance, rhythm, and rideability come to mind. If your horse is rideable, he is responsive, obedient, supple, and in balance at all times. Here is a great pole exercise to help you improve your horse's rideability on course!
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Jumping Rideability Exercise # 3
This exercise is a great way to test and confirm your horse's rideability when jumping, as well as check on the balance and overall quality of your jumping canter. Read on to learn all about it!