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Kande I'm sorry but you have a completely incorrect understanding of contact... you seem to think it comes all from the rider and not from the horse, and that it is about holding rather than...

Umm, wrong Charlotte perhaps....?? But thanks!

Yes, nhwr, and it can also be useful for teaching very green horses to move away from the leg... and it's a good exercise for developing rider coordination at the lower levels. Sadly including it in...

The problem with leg-yield as a schooling exercise (and its inclusion in tests on a straight line) is that it is, in itself, useless for developing the horse's straightness - and remember, true...

I wonder too what effect the scribe's presence has on the judge's decisions... it may be interesting to consider how scoring might change if judges were alone in the booth. More importantly, I think...

Why are we perpetuating this? Since the rider has disavowed USEF principles (as if they materialised randomly out of nowhere) I doubt there is much genuine conversation that can be had here.
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You can train a purple spotted giraffe to somersault and call it dressage if you want to.

Great advice already given here. I'll just add a few points that I don't think have been mentioned yet:

1) Remember that conformation isn't just about movement, it's also about soundness... so...

Good stuff, OP! There's never been a time when I haven't cross-trained all of my horses. I really like using simple gymnastic jump lines (gridwork) because it improves natural balance and...

But that's not really the topic, is it... that's the rigid dichotomous slant some people are putting on it. The OP (as I understood it) was not suggesting that the reasons for resistance should...

Bumping this up as it's on tonight!!

Absolutely Foxtrot - it's called the Dunning-Kruger effect! People with less knowledge/skill don't realise what they are lacking, and are unable to recognise real skill in others. People with...

I think I'd be asking more questions of the vet... when he says he wants the horse working "in a frame" does he understand that to mean hocks are engaged? I'm struggling to reconcile that with the...

For increased suppleness I really like haunches-in work, particularly off a volte. You can establish a really correct, on-the-aids bend in the circle, then just keep the positioning while you...

Sorry for being a bit pedantic but it's not cooperation that we seek... at least not until dressage tests are written that allow grazing at B and napping at X. 'Submission' is a perfectly good and...

Both horses are still for sale, so unfortunately nothing has been kept in the UK just yet. Perhaps after the Euros..... but I'm still hopeful that we'll be exhibiting some more depth by the time...

MVP, this is interesting... can you tell me anything about the way your bitless setup offered varying directional pressure, and/or something comparable to bit element rotation? My understanding has...

Yes, this is precisely what I was suggesting in my earlier post... although (as someone who wasn't allowed to use stirrups for the first 12 months of my education, and who still rides regularly...

Have you tried fetlock boots (some are quite bulky and might protect that area) or fetlock rings - or maybe some combination thereof? I've heard of some people using upside down bell boots, but I...

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Hugs for you Juls... the wonderful thing about dressage is the closeness you develop with your partner. I've been through these losses myself and I honestly believe that the energy of that...

The "seat" isn't just your bum... "maintaining the seat" implies that you need to keep your leg on, your core engaged and your hands in an appropriate position. Actively ride him through the moment,...

Personally, no I wouldn't - but I also wouldn't care if there were separate classes that allowed this and other tack options. We sometimes forget that dressage at First level and below is really...

I think the sad thing is that when someone posts on the internet about a resistance problem, the go-to assumption is that they might not have eliminated a physical problem. That should be as basic...

From what you describe, soundness should be your top priority. Pretty much any sound horse can be schooled to perform a credible first or second level test. However, the work required even for...