Tag: Dressage

Preparing for Your First Medium Dressage Test with Sara Malpass In this article, international dressage rider and instructor, Sara Malpass delivers tips on how to prepare for your first medium dressage test by explaining more about the movements expected at this level, alongside uncovering some common mistakes made. Guest Author: Sara Malpass Stepping up to ‘Medium’ in dressage is really exciting as it brings about some exciting new movements, like the half pass for example – which is also seen at the top levels of dressage. This, however, can also…

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In this article, you can learn how to leg yield your horse with Alex Harrison. The article covers What is leg yield, and what is the purpose of the movement? Leg yield is typically the first form of lateral movement that would be introduced in a horses training. Although it is only required in Elementary tests leg-yield is arguably one of the most important lateral movements. It teaches a basic reaction to lateral aids providing the horse with an advantageous level of preparation for further lateral training. Albeit only required…

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