‘Pet Him’, Properly Releasing with the Inside Rein

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/756496_f260.jpgby Danica Yates (reprinted with permission) What happens when you ride your horse and give with the inside rein? Next time you ride, try it out. At any gait, establish contact and softness and then reach your inside hand forward …

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Soft Hands for Free Movement

by Danica Yates reprinted with permission In past articles, we have looked at axioms of Classical Dressage. Here is a very important one, ‘ride back to front.’ All too often, we see dressage horses who are pulled together with the …

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Getting your horse ready for trail course obstacle training

http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=centralcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0028EBTOCBy Shari Maguire If you haven’t read “Making a Pleasure Horse – Part 1 & 2”, than I suggest you do so now; the exercises mentioned in those articles should be applied to all horse training before you begin any …

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