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This is a follow-up to my last two tutorials on walk and trot - now the canter!    Again, I am focusing on how the rider should be following the movement of the horse within the connection, so in this tutorial I am trying to demonst...

The Scales of Training are a system of six points – or building blocks – that are used by trainers and riders in the schooling of a horse. In this article, I would like to explain in more detail what the Scales of Training are and why it ...

Today's tutorial is Walk Pirouette. I call this my 'Tuning fork and figure of eight' exercise.   Start from a regular collected walk, ride on parallel lines like a railway track. I lineup with my mirrors, one side to the othe...