Riding hot horses is a skill in and of itself. They require a greater degree of subtleness in the aids that you give them, and you often have to find the balance between being strong enough to control them yet soft enough not to make them nervous. One of the most common faults we make as riders when riding these hotter more ... Read More »

As a rider, good balance and evenness on the horse are important for various reasons. Our ability to properly influence the horse, keep our position and help to develop the horse evenly comes from having good balance and the ability to sit as equally as possible. One of the exercises I like to use for myself and my students ... Read More »

This week I had a lesson with my trainer Jerry Schurink on my jumper Vanessa. In the warm up we worked on adjustability and trying to keep adequate impulsion when collecting. The exercise was done on a 20 meter circle and involved going forward on half of the circle and collecting on the other half. When we moved on to ... Read More »