Whether your horse takes several short, quick trot steps into the canter or jumps right into that rocking-horse gait, the moment when his legs change sequence probably seems fleeting. To a group of ...

In prelim 17A you’re required to change the rein in canter, coming back to trot as you approach the track. It’s important to set yourself up well for changing the rein, ensuring that your horse is ...

Whether it’s me sitting atop a new horse for the first time or watching a horse shopper try out one of my sale horses, I’ve been fortunate to do or watch a lot of first rides (which we covered in last ...

Dressage rider Alice Oppenheimer explains how to keep a horse energetic and forward, even when slowing down Alice rides and trains the successful Headmore horses bred at her family’s stud. She was a ...