What is classical dressage? The Spanish Riding School is a four hundred year old traditional horse training institution that develops Lippizan horses and their riders up to the Grand Prix Level. It is located in Vienna, Austria and is one of the last places in the world where the development […]
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Basics! It’s more than a ribbon at stake.
Anyone who has a good grasp of dressage performance criteria and judging will find this article very interesting. Written by a French Master, the article eloquently describes how an ideal halt, as defined in the FEI Rule Book, embodies and demonstrates correct basics. He then shows a photograph of a […]
Dressage Today Article: How to Sit a Rough Trot
http://dressagetoday.com/article/sit-rough-trot-25164 Question: I ride a 16.2-hand, 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding. His trot is huge and his back long, and since he’s not quite connecting yet, I’m having a really hard time with the sitting trot. It’s quite a rough trot. I’m 5’4” tall. Could you give me advice on how I […]