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Dressage Life: Transitions

Transition--there's so much in this word. Life is a process of transition, some of it enjoyable, some not so much. Riding has been my passion for 25 years and...

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Making Smooth Gait Transitions in Horses

Are your horse's transitions between gaits as smooth as glass? Or do you hold your breath and hope for the best as your horse hops on his forehand to slow...

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Tips for Transition Work

[/caption] I use transitions to make each of my horses stronger, to work through his problems and, in the end, to make him a better ride. Transitions simply require excellent communication...

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Common Horse Trot-Walk Transition Mistakes

Avoid these pitfalls in training your horse in transitions between the trot and walk. 1. This is a very good example of me using no leg to stop Devon's forward motion,...

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Readers Write: Half Halts

[/caption] Riding Questions "My 8 year old Arab gelding is very forward. The problem? He runs right through my half-halts. I have tried to over emphasize them and...

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Transitions, the Secret to Balanced Riding

The best riders in the world, regardless of discipline, have one thing in common: They have a special feeling for balance. A dressage horse has a different balance from a...

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Video: Create Better Balance in a Dressage Horse

[/caption] In the October 2008 issue of Dressage Today, top European trainer Henk van Bergen shows you how half halts, transitions and various movements balance the dressage horse. In the video...

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Never Stop Learning Dressage

[/caption] Having trained dressage and ridden my Grand Prix dressage horse Wadamur (Moe for short), for seven years means we’re practically married. To me, Moe is as perfect as a dressage...

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Glossary of Equine Terms - T

Tack: Refers to the equipment of a riding horse - saddle, bridle etc. Short for "tackle." Tapeworms: Internal equine parasite. Teaser: Substitute stallion used to test the...

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Video: Dressage Tempo Training

This video shows Alison Johnson riding Will in an upper-level test. Using a metronome, you can see that the pair show absolute consistency of tempo for five minutes through transitions...

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