Training Series 1/6 Basics Of Trust And Balance

In part one of this training series, you will see how to start a healthy relationship with your horse. Step one is showing your horse that you are a leader worthy of following. With these exercises on the ground and the technique used, your horse will learn that you will help keep them comfortable and feeling good physically and mentally.

Training Series 2/6 Finding Balance In Forward Movement

In part two of this training series, you will see the part of training that begins to start to physically develop your horse and start to teach your horse to have a working mindset. Adding lunging to your routine will start to condition your horse’s body as a riding horse. This is a great time to also play with the idea of controlling your and your horse’s energy levels, taking it up and down.

Training Series 3/6 Basic Riding For The Dressage Horse

In part three of this training series, we will now be working our horses under saddle. Showing our horse’s the basics of balance and the position needed to archive it. Developing consistency in the gates and basic movements. You will learn how to control your horse’s body so that you will be able to introduce more advanced movements with ease.

Training Series 4/6 Starting Lateral Movements

In part four of this training series, you will learn how to teach your horse the lateral movements that will continue to develop them and take your level of communication to the next level. You will learn the order to best teach the movements and how to do them at various levels.

Training Series 5/6 Connecting Movements For A Better Ride

In part five of this training series, you will learn how to take everything from the previous parts in this series and make them connect to help your rides be more productive for you and your horse; having a good flow to your ride is essential for the mental wellbeing of your horse. It will help keep them calm and focused. As you learn to feel what your horse needs, you will know what movement you need next.

Training Series 6/6 Advancing Your Riding

In the final part of this series, we will see how our riders are doing and assess what they need to work on going forward. We might decide to try and take a movement to the next level or teach a new movement altogether. We may do an exercise to advance the horse, or we might decide to do some exercises to advance the rider. This can be an exciting time for a rider. It can also be scary as you start to tread unfamiliar waters. Understanding your horse, yourself, and trusting your instructor to know when and how much to advance is a matter of understanding your horse.