Building Trust with Dressage Training

…key to success in dressage training. The story I?m about to share was a journey in which I learned three very important lessons about dressage training: 1. Let the commitme…

Dressage 101

…the word “dressage,” just for clarification, starts with “dress” and rhymes with “massage.” On the surface, the word dressage is French and roughly translates to training. Beyond semantics, dressage is…

24 Dressage Training Tips from Kyra Kyrklund

Dressage Today’s technical editor Beth Baumert attended a symposium with five-time Olympian Kyra Kyrklund, held at the Kentucky Horse Park, April 12-13. Here are some training and riding tips that…

Get Started in Dressage

…tangible expression of the dressage training scale, or pyramid of training. To test the horses–and riders–mastery of the training progressions, gaits, paces and movements that are considered skill-appropriate for various…

Dressage Exercises for the OTTB

…of a leaning racehorse to something closer to a Training Level dressage horse. Applying the Training Scale The feel of a 3- or 4-year-old horse who raced recently is different…