How to Select an OTTB for Dressage
It's no secret that I love me a good Thoroughbred horse. I grew up around Thoroughbreds. The owner of the stable I boarded my horse at...
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Laura
- Feb 25
- 4 min
Look At Those Legs!
Legs! As dressage horse owners, who doesn't obsess over their horses legs? <Sheepishly raises hand...> And with good reason! Our...
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Laura
- Feb 25
- 3 min
How to: Standing Wraps
A standing wrap... what is it? And why would we use it? The primary purpose behind a standing wrap is to give the tendons and ligaments...
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Laura
- Jan 29
- 3 min
How to Introduce the Flying Change
The flying change - a exciting step in the dressage training journey! Is your horse ready to start learning how to do a flying change? ...
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Laura
- Jan 4
- 3 min
How to Develop Your Horse's Medium Trot
The medium trot... so beautiful to watch yet surprisingly tricky to execute. How often have you seen the comment, "Too quick" or...
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Laura
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
Remember Your "Why"
We finally had some real rain last night here in SoCal... and it looks like we'll be getting more over the next few days! Lord knows our...
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Laura
- Mar 5, 2022
- 3 min
Walk/Canter/Counter-Canter Transitions on the Circle
The canter - we ride many movements in this gait. And the higher up the levels we go, the more time we spend in canter and the more...
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Laura
- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
How to Ride the Half Pass
Ready to make the leap to from Second to Third level this next show season? Congrats! It's big step! Um... hello - flying changes! ...
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Laura
- Nov 19, 2021
- 3 min
How Being an Entrepreneur Has Made Me a Better Horseman
Happy Women's Entrepreneurship Day! Cheers to all you amazing women out there running your own business and absolutely killing it! I...
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Laura
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Dressage Rider Leg Position - It's All In the Hips
We've all seen those riders who sit so effortlessly in the saddle... our Olympic idols who instinctively move with their horse and whose...
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Laura
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
How to Look For a Young Dressage Horse Prospect
How many of you have ever dreamt of bringing up your very own young horse? From adorable baby horse to Grand Prix extraordinaire!...
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Laura
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
Enjoy the Journey!
One of my personal goals for this year has been to develop a more mindful mindset (say that five times fast! Ha!) - more mindfulness in...
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Laura
- Dec 15, 2020
- 4 min
How to Teach Your Horse Shoulder In
Ah, the shoulder in... It's nearly impossible to do any reading or You Tube-ing, etc. about any sort of dressage training without...
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Laura
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
How to Teach Your Horse to Move Off the Inside Leg with Serpentines
Five days of rain on top of the Covid-19 quarantine has me dreaming of blue skies and quality saddle time! While there is still no real...
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Laura
- Feb 23, 2020
- 3 min
How to Teach Your Horse to Leg Yield
Last time we talked about how to use the leg yield to improve the lengthened trot. Read about it here! I love this exercise, but it...
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Laura
- Jan 31, 2020
- 3 min
How to Use the Leg Yield to Improve the Trot Lengthening for your First Level Tests
It's getting to be that time of year again...crisp early mornings, long sweat-filled days, the sun setting over the barn as you finish...
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Laura
- Nov 16, 2019
- 2 min
Western States Horse Expo with Steffen Peters
Last weekend Stella and I had the privilege of participating in the Western States Horse Expo as a demo rider for the Steffen Peters...
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Laura
- Feb 3, 2019
- 4 min
Longeing the Dressage Horse--Part Two
. I love longeing my horses... and probably not for the reasons you may think. I don't use longeing soley as a means to "work them down"...
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Laura
- Jan 19, 2019
- 2 min
Longeing the Dressage Horse--Part One
It's been a wet week this past week in Los Angeles but today the sun finally came out. While it was nice to have a few easy, rainy days...
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Laura
- Nov 20, 2018
- 3 min
Evacuating your Horse from a Wild Fire
The recent Woolsey Fire in Southern California and Camp Fire in Northern California have been a startling reminder that part of horse...
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