Dressage training

10 tips to banish competition riding nerves

Do you suffer from competition riding nerves? Find out how to take control and use nerves to improve your performance

Rider fitness: what do we really mean by ‘core’ and how does it work?

Sports therapist Debbie Rolmanis explains the importance of a rider’s core — and busts some misconceptions about it

#SundaySchool: Anna Ross — how to improve your horse’s general straightness and balance

The grand prix dressage rider offers some tried-and-tested exercises for straightening the crooked horse

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

9 ways to train your horse out hacking for success on competition day

Find out how you can use hacking to school your horse and improve the bond between the two of you

#SundaySchool: How do I introduce my horse to flying changes?

Esteemed judge and former competitor, Stephen Clarke, gives his tips on how to give your horse the correct start

#SundaySchool: ‘How can I encourage my horse to work over his back?’

Top dressage rider Hayley Watson-Greaves advises on the key to correct dressage training — that your horse works through from behind

#SundaySchool: how to use shoulder-in to improve suppleness and engagement in all horses

The international dressage rider (pictured) explains how you can improve the quality and rhythm of the trot by training with half-10m circles and shoulder-in

#SundaySchool: Oliver Hood on using polework to improve transitions (when lockdown lifts)

The show rider uses pole exercises to add something new to training, while improving self-carriage, balance and both upward and downward transitions

#SundaySchool: how to improve suppleness using shoulder-fore (after lockdown lifts)

Top show producer Aimee Devane reveals how she uses shoulder-fore to improve flexion and engagement, while maintaining impulsion and power

#SundaySchool: Pammy Hutton on turning on the forehand (after lockdown lifts)

The dressage rider and trainer favours an ‘old-fashioned’ exercise — turn on the forehand — to improve flexibility and suppleness

#SundaySchool: Ludwig Svennerstål — the benefits of practising shoulder-in on a circle (after lockdown lifts)

Swedish Olympic event rider Ludwig Svennerstål explains how shoulder-in on a circle encourages self-carriage

Dressage performance analysis to identify marginal gains: how useful are your test sheets?

In the second of two H&H features surrounding her advice on identifying marginal gains in dressage, author Alison Lincoln discusses why and how you can identify areas to improve performance...

Dressage performance analysis to identify marginal gains: the questions you need to ask yourself

Here, in the first of two H&H features surrounding her advice on identifying marginal gains in dressage, author Alison Lincoln discusses why and how you can identify areas to improve performance...

#SundaySchool: Dan Greenwood on improving suppleness (after lockdown lifts)

The grand prix dressage rider discusses using turn on the forehand to improve suppleness and refine the horse’s understanding of the leg aid

#SundaySchool: Laura Tomlinson — how to develop your horse’s self-carriage (after lockdown lifts)

Olympic dressage rider Laura Tomlinson explains how to improve a horse’s self-carriage and what it means to do so

#SundaySchool: How can I get my novice horse to work from behind?

Show producer Sam Quiney gives her advice on how to get a young horse to start using his hindlegs correctly

#SundaySchool: How do I ride correct downward transitions?

Dressage rider and trainer Matt Frost goes back to basics with exercises to improve your transitions

#SundaySchool: Maria Eilberg — how to encourage your horse to bend more

The international dressage rider gives her advice on promoting bend and flexion in a stiff horse

Stephen Clarke: how to get the most out of your horse’s trot — whatever the breed

At the British Dressage national convention (19-20 November), Stephen Clarke worked with a range of breeds to demonstrate how to get the most out of them — whatever their size or type