Dressage training

#SundaySchool: how to ride counter-canter

Take a look at this simple exercise, as explained by dressage rider Amy Stovold, to help you understand how to ride counter canter

#SundaySchool: How to pick up the correct canter lead

Top showjumpier David Simpson shares some of his advice on how to pick up the correct canter lead

#SundaySchool: How do I maintain impulsion in downward transitions?

Dressage rider Alice Oppenheimer explains how to keep a horse energetic and forward, even when slowing down

8 top tips to boost your dressage scores — no matter what your level

Judges expect to see different things at each level, but these dressage tips from grand prix rider Bobby Hayler and five-star judge Peter Storr at this year's British Dressage National Convention are relevant no matter what level you compete at

#SundaySchool: How to collect your horse

Showjumper Charly Edwards, who specialises in breeding, breaking and producing young horses for top sport, explains how to collect your horse while riding

#SundaySchool: how to sit deep and still in canter

Five-star event rider Kate Honey shares her top tips on how to sit deep in a canter and in the other paces too

What does Charlotte Dujardin do while schooling at home? We find out...

Learn more about how Charlotte trains her horses at home

#SundaySchool: a really useful training exercise for young horses

We picked five-star event rider Coral Keen’s brains for her to share some of her training exercises for young horses. Here she shares some of her tips...

11 ways to make lockdown as productive as possible

If you’re feeling frustrated about putting your life back on hold for four weeks, here are some suggestions for jobs and activities that you can get stuck into to make this time productive...

Isobel Wessels: 9 tips for dressage success

If you're struggling to get the dressage marks you think you deserve, take a look at this expert advice from five-star dressage judge Isobel Wessels

Richard Davison: training tips for a lazy horse

Dressage Olympian Richard Davison highlights his pressure and release techniques, which he uses daily in his training

Riding the perfect circle and perfecting your prelim 1

Welcome to the first Horse & Hound e-Training lesson with grand prix dressage rider Keith Robertson, which focuses on riding accurate circles

Improving your stretch on a circle and perfecting your prelim 19

Welcome to your ninth, and final, e-Training lesson with grand prix rider Keith Robertson. This week Keith explains how to improve your stretch on a circle with a view to improving your prelim test riding — and we focus on prelim 19.

Giving and retaking like a pro and perfecting your prelim 14

Welcome to the fifth e-Lesson in the series. This week Keith Robertson explains how to master your give and retake during prelim 14 and gives us some top tips for training your horse to have a soft and accepting mouth.

Performing super serpentines and perfecting your prelim 18

Welcome to your eighth e-Training lesson with Keith Robertson. This week Keith explains how to ride super serpentines with a view to improving your prelim test riding — and we focus on prelim 18.

Mastering your free walk and perfecting your prelim 12

Welcome to your third e-Training lesson. Here, Keith Robertson shares his top tips for mastering your free walk, and we focus on prelim 12

Accuracy, rhythm and impulsion: perfecting your prelim 15

This week we focus on accuracy, rhythm and impulsion so that you can really push up your percentages when riding prelim 15.

Canter to trot transitions across the diagonal and perfecting your prelim 17

Expert advice on how to ride Prelim 17A from top judge Isobel Wessels, plus training tips to improve your transitions for this test from Keith Robertson

Improving your centre lines and perfecting your prelim 13

Welcome to your fourth e-Training lesson with Keith Robertson. This week Keith explains how to improve your centre-lines and takes a look at prelim 13, which includes three of them

#SundaySchool: How can I train my horse to be more responsive?

Grand prix dressage rider Alice Peternell on how to make your horse more forward-going and in front of the leg