Dressage test
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A spare plaiting kit — and other ways to stay calm ahead of a dressage test
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‘We left the arena and careered around the judge's car’ and 21 more dressage bloopers
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How to cope when things go wrong in a dressage test – and still impress the judges
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Maximise your marks: 11 tips for effective dressage test riding at all levels
A top judge offers useful tips for squeezing every mark out of your dressage test, whatever your level of competition
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Enter at A and make a winning impression: 6 tips to help you ride a perfect centre line
Riding a centre line might sound simple, but a particularly good one can be tricky to achieve, especially if there is a halt included on it. Here, event rider Franky Reid-Warrilow gives her top tips on how to ride the perfect centre line...
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‘If the arena’s like a church and someone opens a bag of crisps, it doesn’t always end well!’: 6 top tips for competing indoors
We ask international grand prix rider and trainer Anna Ross for her top tips to avoid indoor issues at your next winter show
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‘It’s bizarre’: new dressage test divides opinion at Badminton
Find out why the introduction of two new four-star eventing dressage tests has got riders talking
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New four-star dressage tests released: goodbye walk pirouettes and counter canter
These are the first new four-star tests in eight years
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5 pointers to help you ride the perfect 20m circle
It sounds obvious, but these are so often badly ridden within a dressage test. So to help, here's five pointers to help you nail this movement and earn all the marks you can
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Two wrong turns could lead to dressage elimination *H&H VIP*
Riders who take the wrong course twice in a test could be eliminated under the proposed new rule
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Watch Farouche's winning test at the BD nationals
Michael Eilberg and Woodlander Farouche cruise to victory in the inter I class, while Charlotte Dujardin tastes success as an owner, and young horses come to the fore at the British Dressage nationals
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Carl Hester: Some marks in eventing need correcting [H&H VIP]
Expert Carl Hester gives his opinion on dressage performances at Badminton Horse Trials
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Alice Collins' Badminton blog: There's no such thing as 'eventing dressage'
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Shaun Mandy's dressage blog: Moving home and tips for riding half-pass
H&H's dressage blogger has made the big move back to the UK. He also enlightens us on the ins and outs of half-pass
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Dressage half marks introduced for FEI and British eventing
British Eventing has changed its first phase marking rules to align with those of the FEI and British Dressage
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Dressage judging? There's an app for that
Wannabe dressage judges will be able to score the competitors live at Aachen this weekend, thanks to an innovative new app
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Isobel Wessels' tips on how to nail your dressage score
The international dressage judge, rider and trainer shares her valuable tips to help you get the most out of your entry and halt
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New service for dressage test sheets being offered
The College Equestrian Centre in Keysoe is now offering to email dressage tests sheets to riders for free
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New dressage app to help event riders remember their test
A new app to help riders learn their dressage tests will be launched this December by Leeds-based brand Equinox-Apps
