Groundwork! We've all heard about it. We probably even know it's a good thing to do with our horse... but where do you start? Here are...

Do you want a more secure leg position? Are you constantly losing your stirrups? Do you feel like your legs and feet are bouncing all...

Did you know... the walk pirouette is just haunches in? On a circle! The walk pirouette first makes an appearance in Third Level but also...

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...

Legs! As dressage horse owners, who doesn't obsess over their horses legs? <Sheepishly raises hand...> And with good reason! Our...

The flying change - a exciting step in the dressage training journey! Is your horse ready to start learning how to do a flying change? ...

The medium trot... so beautiful to watch yet surprisingly tricky to execute. How often have you seen the comment, "Too quick" or...

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...

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...

Ready to make the leap to from Second to Third level this next show season? Congrats! It's big step! Um... hello - flying changes! ...

Happy Women's Entrepreneurship Day! Cheers to all you amazing women out there running your own business and absolutely killing it! I...

We've all seen those riders who sit so effortlessly in the saddle... our Olympic idols who instinctively move with their horse and whose...

How many of you have ever dreamt of bringing up your very own young horse? From adorable baby horse to Grand Prix extraordinaire!...

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...

Ah, the shoulder in... It's nearly impossible to do any reading or You Tube-ing, etc. about any sort of dressage training without...

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...

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...

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...

Last weekend Stella and I had the privilege of participating in the Western States Horse Expo as a demo rider for the Steffen Peters...

. 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"...