Training Tips – Leg Yield
Training Tips from Sara-Jane Lanning Dressage Perfecting Leg Yield Leg Yield is a really useful exercise and the beginning of lateral work. It starts in novice level eventing tests or elementary pure Dressage. Leg Yielding is the beginning of teaching a horse to move sideways away from the leg. In dressage tests it is performed […]
Training Tips – Medium Trot
Training Tips from Sara-Jane Lanning Dressage Perfecting Medium Trot There are different variations within the trot, collected, working, medium and extended trots. We start with working trot as the basic trot and then develop it with shortening and lengthening, the start of the later being some medium strides. Medium trot is expected from novice level […]
Training Tips – Counter Counter
Training Tips from Sara-Jane Lanning Dressage Counter counter Counter canter rears its head at novice level and is in tests right up to PSG so is a big part of a horse’s training. Counter canter is an important part of a horse’s training and is a balancing and straightening movement. The horse canters in the […]
Training Tips – Circles
Training Tips from Sara-Jane Lanning Dressage Riding Circles Circles might sound easy but are often badly ridden or poorly shown so let’s discuss! Circles need to be the correct size! Sounds obvious but often aren’t! If you have too much neck bend the horse is likely to drift out through the outside shoulder and then […]
Training Tips – Corners
Training Tips from Sara-Jane Lanning Dressage Corners Corners need to be relative to the level you are riding at. Therefore, a prelim test does not need Grand Prix corners! At novice level I think about a quarter of a ten metre circle, at advanced it would be much deeper. Don’t think of the corners and […]
Training Tips – The Halt
Training Tips from Sara-Jane Lanning Dressage Perfecting the ‘halt’ As rider, coach, and list 1 judge, I thought it would be useful to share some tips and advice about test riding. I’ve included the HALT as it’s the first mark in most tests! Remember the halt mark is about a lot more than just the […]
Am I there yet?
Am I there yet? Someone once said to me that when you get a horse to Prix St Georges level you are half way to Grand Prix. At the time I didn’t believe it, I was in my top hat and tails, doing changes and pirouettes (well sort of as I have since discovered!) so […]