Training Articles

In this training article we are talking about the theory behind getting your horse to take the contact. The contact is something that is...

In this training article we are going to be discussing what you can do after you've had a bad test or a bad competition. This is also...

In this training article we recap what test riding actually is before taking a look at what a good centre line looks like and what we...

In this training article we are looking at another dressage term that has a lot of people stumped: 'harmony'. Look it up on google and...

In this article we are going to look at the theory, uncovering what 'a desire to go forward' actually means, why it can be a struggle for...

This training article is all about the basic fundamentals of dressage that we call the Scales of Training. I realise that i have spoken...

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...

In this training article we are going to look at how you can add lateral work into your training. We are going to look at what lateral...

----- 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...

In this weeks training article we are going to look at the areas where you are losing marks for no good reason and the things you can do...

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...

I am sure you are all as excited as me at the news that competitions can now begin again after 28th March. So what better time to talk...

In the 'learn' section of this week, Nic Read (Saracens nutritionalist) demystified the world of feeds and talked about how we go about...

This week I have enlisted the help of Saracens nutritionist Nic Read. We are going to be talking all about how to navigate the minefield...

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...