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That sums up everything that is wrong- that we have allowed dressage judges to be so ill educated that they genuinely think that is how...

I think that is a very interesting idea. I sometimes think it should be what the naked eye sees and there is too much over analysing of...

I do like this as an idea. But tbh there is also the issue of judges giving high marks to movements that are not only tense and...

Ok here's an idea. Inspired by snow-boarding where they review video to see things like the grab, whether a hand touches the snow on...

Mylo still looks a bit weedy so I am not really doing much. Or maybe seeing Myka next to him makes him look gangly and weak. She's...

There was a sunny day last weekend so I started phase 1 of scraggy 3yo training. This involved asking said 3yo to leave mates and stand...

There’s an article in three Daily Mail about it too now. Not a paper I have any fondness for, but it does bring the issue to a very...

Quite probably, and it would be a performative hoop for them to jump through, but afterwards they could never say they weren't aware of...

It's not lack of knowledge. It's not giving a sh....

When I was a kid we were given the mantra "what's in the brain goes down the reins". This is basically that very fundamental concept...

Along with competition nerves (familar rider suddenly becoming a stranger) and plain old riding nerves when people are encouraged to...

Absolutely, its very common to see a rider physically asking the horse to do something, when the riders body is making it very clear...

Humans are clumsy in the mind as well as the body. They often ask physically (usually when trying to please or be brave) for things they...

We're often told 'look in the direction of travel' but less often told (as my last trainer did) to look in the direction of intended...

is what you are describing riding with focus? ie is it you think something, focus on it and the horse does it. If that is what you/she...