from an educated rider."
What Dressage Teaches the Rider
Why Dressage for the Rider?
Did you know each time you ride, you are training your horse? Dressage for the rider teaches you how to train your horse. That's why dressage for the rider is dressage for the horse.
Dressage is a Mobile Language
Discover six ways dressage teaches the rider how to train the gaited horse. Best of all, dressage is a mobile language that can be taken with you and your horse in what ever you do together.
Riding Position and it Effect
on the Gaited Horse
Are you aware of the various riding positions that exist? Have you considered how your riding position can impact your horse's smooth gait? Did you know that by adopting the right riding position can give you confidence to navigate through unexpected spooks?
Contact and the Gaited Horse
Discover why contact is essential for communication between the rider and the naturally gaited horse. Find out how bit acceptance leads to smooth gait.
Ask vs Make: What kind of Rider Am I?
“In the French philosophy, we don’t ‘make’ the horse do, we ‘ask’ the horse to do,” says the French dressage clinician. These were humbling words when I took an honest look at my riding and its effect on my horse. Yet, it transformed how I ride today.
SMOOTH GAITS
Dressage teaches the rider how to apply the rein, leg, seat, and weight aids effectively, consistently, and at the ideal timing to communicate with the horse. This communication leads the horse into relaxation, balance, tempo, rhythm, connection, symmetry, and connection to develop quality smooth gaits on cue. Among the natural smooth gaits of the Tennessee Walking Horse are the flat walk, running walk, fox trot, saddle rack, and canter.
Tips to Longer Strides and Smooth Gaits
Tips on Riding a Gaited Dressage Test
Questions?
Wondering how to get started in dressage with your naturally gaited horse?
Learning dressage and have a question?
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