They take the next step in the progression of the exercise. After cantering through and changing direction, they add a walk transition, using the cavalletti to create the self carriage needed for a canter-walk transition.

Sharon explains how the cavalletti help in the development of the horse. They do another set of trotting through the exercise, and while he shows some tiredness, they work on building strength.

Sharon coaches a 2-star moving up to 3-star pair with loads of talent. The gelding’s big stride makes it difficult for him to sustain self carriage and collection, and Sharon helps them with cavalletti exercises that build the necessary strength.

Sharon White coaches a 2 star moving up to 3 star pair with loads of talent. The gelding’s big stride makes it difficult for him to sustain self carriage and collection, and Sharon helps them with cavalletti exercises that build the necessary strength.

Bettina begins this lesson by discussing the importance of straightness in the dressage training scale. She coaches the rider through the aids necessary to engage the horse's hind end and unlock the poll. She offers invaluable how-to’s to improve how the horse moves.

They do trot-walk-trot and trot-canter-trot transitions focusing on precise and balanced transitions only when the horse is correctly balanced. Shoulder fore to shoulder-in exercises are next.

When doing the leg yield, they lose a bit of their suppleness, so Bettina coaches them through softening again. The same aids are applied in the canter circles with an emphasis on flexing and letting go.

Robin starts with a coming 4-year-old OTTB that a client has brought along and explains how to properly start a youngster. They are just starting in his smaller ring, and the student shows the benefit of their work in the past week of having the mare go forward enough into a steady hand for her t...

Robin next address tempo changes within the trot and how that fits into the progression of training. He describes the next steps and exercises to improve the canter.

Robin Walker adds turns to the exercise, they make sure to keep the flow going forward. They trot large half circles back to the rail, setting them up for the canter later. The next exercise is sitting a few steps then rising without changing the connection or forward rhythm. This is used as the ...

Bettina Hoy brings her vast experience and knowledge to help this talented rider with the building blocks of great dressage - inside leg to outside hand, proper half halts and supple connection.

International event rider Jonathan Holling offers a logical and methodical lesson on increasing the suppleness in the lateral work with a focus on the trot half pass and a turn on the haunches. If you struggle with these upper level movements, this video offers a structure to build correct perfor...

To begin working on a turn on the haunches, they first school a leg yield with the nose to the rail. They then add a small circle in shoulder-in to get the bend with the front legs describing the shape and size of the circle.

In the trot, they again check the back and forth within the gait, spiral in and out in haunches-in or shoulder-in and then work on the trot half pass. They set it up by going haunches-in down the long side, 10m circle at E or B, haunches-in to the end, straighten across the short end, then trot h...

The exercise continues with haunches-in on the diagonal to the quarter line, medium trot to the next quarter line and the haunches-in again.

Olympic eventer, Bettina Hoy, joins PracticalHorsemanOnDemand.com with this excellent dressage video covering problems common to so many riders - getting the horses more active and responsive. Watch this great lesson for a cavalletti exercise you can do at home and great instruction on how to pro...

They now move on to the canter making sure first that they can go forward and then collect. The progression is to the counter canter next, spiraling in and out and walk/canter, canter/walk transitions. They go back to the turn on the haunches and the medium trot and shoulder-in.

Bettina schools them at the walk, asking for the proper energy and self carriage. She is very particular about the walk trot transition, and in the trot canter they use a 10m circle to prepare. By the end of the lesson the horse is noticeably more in self carriage.

Bettina helps school an event rider in dressage. After warming up on their own, they start with an exercise over cavalletti in an arc. Bettina points out the importance of the line and balance while making subtle changes in the rider’s position. When they go large, Bettina helps her keep the push...

Robin Walker works with a beginner novice rider on understanding and keeping a consistent contact to help improve her OTTBs way of going Robin first acts as the reins as they walk forward to help encourage the horse to soften in the mouth Then he has the rider work on the same thing while going f...

Phyllis Dawson coaches a training level event rider on getting her horse's back looser and more relaxed so the horse has more swing to his stride and is more through. She says that getting the horse looser starts with getting the rider looser.

The intermediate level rider warms up his horse on the flat. Clinic participants observe and make notes to come up with their instruction plans to help the pair.

Emily Beshear compliments the rider and the quality of the horse. She wants to see the rider relax more so he can be more effective in getting the horse more forward and through. They also work on flowing better from one movement to another.

Rebecca Brown works with a preliminary horse and rider combination on working the horse back to front She wants the horse to be more relaxed in the back but also more forward They start in trot improving his response to the forward ask They work within and between the gaits but always thinking fo...