Dressage December
Be prepared to get your stirrups back after No Stirrup November. In December we’ll be clearing out all the jumps and focusing on the foundations of horseback riding. Here are…
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Visual: Trotting Diagonals
Rising Sitting Most riding instructors start teaching diagonals as soon as the student beings trotting. They tell you to look down at the outside leg and go up when…
Visual: Correct Leg Position
One of the things that makes me most uncomfortable as a riding instructor is seeing students jumping or doing advanced work on a horse when they haven’t yet achieved a…
Visual: Behind the Vertical
When you’re teaching your horse contact on the training scale riders often make the mistake of riding their horse behind the vertical, also known as rolkur. This happens when you…