by janesavoie | May 8, 2010 | Dressage, Dressage Movements, Dressage Tips, Dressage Training Solutions
Here I am with some of the members of “team Savoie” during my recent exhilarating, exhausting week in NY brainstorming and whiteboarding the SSNP (Super Secret Ninja Project) which I’ll launch at the Alltech World Equestrian Games 2010 in September....
by janesavoie | Nov 13, 2009 | Dressage, Dressage Movements
Dressage Trainer, Ruth Hogan-Poulsen, has a great idea for those of you who would like to know how to begin to diagram a pattern or how to start memorizing a dressage test. She starts with blank arena diagrams and uses them for a number of things such as: 1....
by janesavoie | Nov 8, 2009 | Dressage, Dressage Movements, Dressage Training Solutions
You’ve carefully laid out a systematic, progressive training program for your horse. Yet every time you add new work, you run into a certain amount of resistance. Don’t panic. Understand that when you raise the bar, it’s inevitable that you’re going to encounter...
by janesavoie | Oct 24, 2009 | Dressage, Dressage Movements, Dressage Tips
Check out this horse doing one of the dressage movements required in First Level Tests–a balanced and straight counter canter. You can see the straightness because his shoulders lie softly between the two reins (not leaning to the left), and his shoulders are directly...
