English Riding
Exercises for Small Riding Spaces
The winter months can be tricky. It’s hard to keep your horse from getting bored with the repetition of ring…
Brush Up on Your Riding Aids
I’m a fan of the saying, “Your horse is doing his best with the information you provided.” It directs us…
Next Level: Tamie Smith On the Importance of Dressage
This past winter, Tamie Smith, winner of the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*, focused heavily on dressage with…
Next Level: Tamie Smith On Fitness and Conditioning
Tamie Smith, winner of the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5 aboard the 18-year-old German Sport Horse gelding Mai…
Advance Your Dressage Movements
There are places in every dressage test where even the humblest mount can score just as well as—or better than—the…
Improve Your Dressage Score
You trot down center line, ride the pattern of your dressage test, and soon receive your score. Your placing in…
Perfect Your Two-Point Position
Excerpt from The Athletic Equestrian, by Sally Batton and Christina Keim When your two-point seat is correct, you will have…
Canter Quality for Jumping
Many times, I have seen riders canter to the first jump of a course and have it be less than…
Get Your Horse to Relax Under Saddle
Choppy gait, gaping jaw, and bulging muscles on the underside of the neck: As riders and handlers, we all recognize…
Equestrian with Disability Achieves Great Success
When award-winning para equestrian Lauren Reischer was born 24 years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated…