On the other hand, having worked with multiple behind the leg and balky horses, I have no problem with over tempo in the early stages of retraining. You can't get straight and you can't get a connection by allowing a horse to nap behind the leg, you get balking and rearing instead and I never ask a ...

I love the thinline pads. My horses have an obvious difference in their way of going and very very clearly prefer me using the pad. I like that it does not change the fit of my saddles and is unobtrusive.

I don't think horses lose fitness as fast as some people think, and a couple weeks off during the holidays when the rider is too busy with other obligations, or a few weeks off in the dead of winter isn't going to do any harm. I know that I don't get good rides when I can't feel my fingers, and when...

Anna Blomgren put on a "not afraid of terror" demo at a dressage show in Europe, great skit that showcases a well trained and relaxed dressage horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq0nwZ978_A She works in conjunction with Will Rogers, who also had another demo https://www.youtube.com/watc...

In the breed world people introduce the double when the horse is very young, 3 or 4. They put it in like normal, ride off the snaffle, jiggle the curb once or twice, and then go back to riding in the snaffle. When the horse is ready for the curb he already has the experience in his formative years o...

I believe in starting the flying changes early. If done right they don't interfere with counter canter at all. If you think about it, equitation horses learn flying changes LONG before they learn to counter canter and they have to be just as solid in the counter canter as a dressage horse. While you...