Dressage General
Watch barn tours, interviews and more featuring your favorite Equestrian+ dressage coaches.
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ICP Clinic Position Statement | Christopher Hess | PART 03
Part 3: Christopher adds a trot pole exercise and reminds the rider to keep their eyes up, while allowing the horse to look down and forward to the contact for the distances of the poles. He explains how it is the responsibility of the horse even at this basic level to pick up his feet and not hi...
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ICP Clinic Position Statement | Christopher Hess | PART 02
Part 2: Christopher explains that the position statement and body language position statement means asking the question of what the position is saying to the horse? It's about giving the horse a signal of what the rider is expecting through the position. He works through one horse being lazy, rem...
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ICP Clinic Position Statement | Christopher Hess | PART 01
Part 1: Olympian Christopher Bartle opens his session by sharing some of his philosophies about the overlap of the disciplines in eventing and subsequently, his training ideals. He introduces the two riders in the clinic, their wish lists for the session, and sets them off to warm up while he eva...
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Have A Plan For Your Warm Up, Two Stars Horses & Riders - Part 2
Part 2: William emphasizes the importance of not changing the warm up at a competition, and reminds viewers how horses thrive in routine. Focusing on stretching and achieving elastic, forward movement, he continues to impart coach. William leads riders to a more relaxed state, by guiding them to ...
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Have A Plan For Warm Up, Two Stars Horses & Riders | William Fox-Pitt | PART 01
Part 1: William shares his philosophy on eventing horses on how he starts his young horses. He emphasizes the importance of thorough warm up and introduces viewers to the clinic horses and riders. While the riders work through their warm up, William shares invaluable insights and takes viewers th...
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Getting The Shoulders Straight - Trailer
Trailer for Olympian, World renowned Dressage trainer and Eventing judge, Sandy Phillips' session on Getting The Shoulders Straight. Sandy notes many riders today are using too much neck flection and losing the straightness in the shoulders. She explains that riders first have to get the shoulder...
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Getting The Shoulders Straight | Sandy Phillips | PART 01
As they become more successful in keeping the shoulders straight and start to achieve more quality in the gates, Sandy encourages the rider to be more engaged. She notes that the rider is being tipped in the saddle and encourages her to open the hip joint, which leads to a noticeably more secure ...
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Alignment & Balance - Part 1
Part 1: Asia works with a rider whose horseĀ gets her neck so short that it's very hard to get her to use her back and hind end. She explains that though the mare has good energy, the rider now we needs to get relaxation. If a horse is tense and tight, then likely they're not in balance and or ver...