Dressage

Hi Edward here, This time I’m going to be talking about how to maximise your score when competing in dressage. Tips before competing: Make sure that you know your test Practice the test lots, to ensure that both you and the horse can perform each movement correctly. When practicing try to work on certain movements at a time and then once perfected move onto the next. Read the directives next to the movements. This is what the judges will be focussing on as...

Anna Ross-Davies is an International Grand Prix dressage rider and freelance trainer based on the Herts/Bucks borders. She has represented Great Britain in  Grand Prix's all over the world including amongst many others at the European Championships, the Aachen CDIO (twice) , The Arctic Games, the Saumur CDIO, on the World Cup Circuit, and has twice ridden at the World Championships for young horses.  Learn how to do a medium trot for dressage The medium trot should be balan...

Competing in dressage competitions is a fun and rewarding way to assess how the training of your horse is developing. British Dressage runs two types of competition; affiliated and unaffiliated. To compete in affiliated competitions riders must be members of British Dressage, unless they only want to compete at prelim level in the open section.     Unaffiliated competitions can be enjoyed by any horse and rider combination without having to join but the rules are the same. &nbs...