Hone your horse’s manners and your leadership skills over the winter for a better ride in the spring with these tips from top trainer/clinician Julie Goodnight.

Now is not the time to risk a fall off a horse. Here are some exercises riders can do with their horses from the ground instead.

If you've fallen into a horseback riding rut, try our 10 basic arena exercises. They'll have you and your horse moving in a whole new direction

Core strength is vital for dressage riders to remain balanced and connected with the horse. It’s not the type of...

Clinton Anderson, America's favorite clinician from Down Under, offers three lessons for trail riders. Teach your horse how to perform lateral flexion and the whoa, and learn how to gain his focus.

Contact, to the average rider, seems to refer only to the contact through the rein, but really, contact is communication with your horse and the rein is just one form of that communication. There are a couple of other points of contact, being your hips and seat, your legs through your thigh and calf, and your heel and foot.

Groundwork is an important part of training for every horse. Mastering these groundwork exercises should be a goal for every horse and rider.

Here are some of the exercises I use with beginner riders. They start off easy with walk and halt transitions then add steering into the mix. When they’re ready to start trotting we go back t…

How much time do you spend strengthening your relationship with your horse while on the ground? Many riders only think in terms of ‘riding’ when they think of communicating with their …

Work on your dressage rider leg strength for better communication with your horse. Breakdown of exercises and a video to guide you through.

Here are some of the exercises I use with beginner riders. They start off easy with walk and halt transitions then add steering into the mix. When they’re ready to start trotting we go back t…

What’s in Your Ring? is an EN series sponsored by Attwood Equestrian Surfaces in which riders share their favorite jumping exercises. It’s easy to get stuck in a training rut, and we hope this will

Ground-driving has been a successful training technique for centuries, and in a wide variety of disciplines. For instance, trainers at the famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna rely on ground-driving to teach their Lipizzaner stallions essential lessons on their way to advanced dressage.

Hip mobility in dressage is a crucial element to creating a deep seat. Here are some great mobility routines you can start today.

Take a look at how mental imagery and visualization exercises can assist you in becoming a better and more relaxed rider.

Here are some of the exercises I use with beginner riders. They start off easy with walk and halt transitions then add steering into the mix. When they’re ready to start trotting we go back t…

The opportunity to work with a young or green horse comes with great responsibility. You have the potential to place a lasting imprint on this horses riding career; and his opinion of being ridden …

Take a look at how mental imagery and visualization exercises can assist you in becoming a better and more relaxed rider.

Hone your horse’s manners and your leadership skills over the winter for a better ride in the spring with these tips from top trainer/clinician Julie Goodnight.

Here are some great dressage exercises for toe position when you are in the saddle. Improve how your leg sits by adding these exercises to your regime.

I was delighted when I first came across Liz Koch’s amazing work because it confirmed much of what I’d been intuiting on my own. I had begun to open and close my yoga practise with hip …

Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis Ground training is the key to a safe and pleasurable riding experience. Designed for easy reference while working with your horse, this guide can be hung on a post. Riders of all disciplines and skill levels will benefit from these exercises that reinforce good habits and help develop a strong bond between horse and rider.

This first gymnastic from Jim Wofford's book introduces your horse to stepping over poles on the ground in an organized manner.

Here are some of the exercises I use with beginner riders. They start off easy with walk and halt transitions then add steering into the mix. When they’re ready to start trotting we go back t…

If you sit all day, every day, these moves are for you.

tips for learning to sit the trot for dressage

SLIDESHOW! In the second part of Clinton Anderson's lesson in longeing for respect, you'll learn to send your horse out onto a circle, then cue him to turn in, stop, and face you. Controlling the movement of his feet in this manner will strengthen the bon

Groundwork exercises for horses in the form of in-hand polework is like pilates, and just five minutes a day can make a difference