Christine Traurig helps J.J. Tate and her 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding Denali perfect their passage work with exercises to strengthen his collection. Traurig encourages Tate to focus on establishing her forward aids and then use her inside leg to renew and refresh the canter without losing the ...

Peter Gray, international team rider, coach and judge, coaches a student as she practices the stretchy trot circle. He has the pair prepare by doing a spiraling exercise. Peter explains the correct frame, aids for asking for the stretch and anatomy affected by the stretch and discusses a few comm...

Peter Gray, international team rider, coach and judge, coaches a rider through a spiraling exercise with her horse to prepare for the stretchy trot circle. The pair leg-yields from a 10-meter circle to a 20-meter circle and back. Gray explains the aids for asking the horse to supple and have prop...

Christine Traurig helps USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist J.J. Tate improve her 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding Denali’s right bend, flexion and overall suppleness in his right side. Through lateral exercises, she also helps Tate build his impulsion and practice refreshing that impulsion after...

Peter Gray, international team rider, coach and judge, explains why the free walk is important and how to ride it. He coaches a pair as they demonstrate the free walk on a 20-meter circle and notes what judges are looking for as they observe the movement.

Peter Gray had a notable career as an in...

Peter Gray, international team rider, coach and judge, explains why the free walk is important, what judges are looking for and how to ride it. He coaches a pair as they warm up with quarter turns on a square to work on suppleness, bend and softness. Then, they demonstrate transitions between the...

Monica Theodorescu continues helping Paralympian Kate Shoemaker and her 8-year-old Hanoverian mare Vianne establish more energy from behind for enhanced harmony and to perform movements effortlessly while demonstrating lightness in the contact. She also reminds Shoemaker to think of shoulder-in f...

Sharon White, Pan American Games team silver medalist and five-star eventer, coaches a student whose horse is switching from upper-level eventing to upper-level dressage. She has the pair work on 10-meter circles and shoulder-in to improve the horse’s thoroughness. They also practice their change...

Five-star eventer Sharon White coaches a student whose horse is switching from upper-level eventing to upper-level dressage. She helps the pair work on their flying changes, offering tips to get clean changes. They go back to the trot to improve the horse’s engagement, then they return to the can...

Monica Theodorescu works with USDF bronze and silver medalist and Grade IV Paralympian Kate Shoemaker, who was part of the U.S. Para Dressage Team’s incredible success at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, and her Paralympic mount 8-year-old Hanoverian mare Vianne. Theodorescu helps Shoemaker refin...

Christine Traurig continues helping Heather Bender develop more suppleness in her 9-year-old KWPN Keisha B and has the pair practice bent lines and transitions to address the mare’s rectangular format. Through a series of shoulder-in exercises, Traurig encourages Bender to be relentless about see...

During our video shoot with Geoffrey Hesslink, the top hunter rider took us on a tour of his stunning Hesslink Williams farm in Wellington, Florida, where we had the opportunity to meet several of his favorite horses and learn how the 24-stall barn was designed for ideal flow. Geoffrey also shows...

During our video shoot at Geoffrey Hesslink’s training facility in Wellington, Florida, we had the opportunity to sit down with Geoffrey and his longtime friend, student and business partner Bethany Lee, owner of My Equestrian Style. Geoffrey and Bethany talk about how they first partnered up, th...

International eventer Robin Walker helps a Preliminary rider returning to eventing after a hiatus. The rider warms up her strong, young horse over small fences before progressing to Novice level cross-country fences. Robin has the rider work on transitions and adjust her position on the approach ...

Robin Walker works with a Preliminary rider returning to eventing after a hiatus. The rider schools her strong, young horse over Novice level cross-country fences. Robin has the rider adjust her position on the approach so she isn’t too defensive or overriding the fences.

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Christine Traurig helps USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and Certified Instructor through Fourth Level Heather Bender improve her 9-year-old KWPN mare Keisha B’s suppleness with transitions and gymnasticizing exercises. To encourage “Keisha” to become more of a box instead of a rectangle as ...

Monica Theodorescu helps Amy Bradley keep her 8-year-old Oldenburg gelding I Spy more collected through circles and continue their serpentine work to improve his suppleness and balance. They also work on straightness and getting I Spy more in front of Bradley’s leg.

Monica Theodorescu is a forme...

Monica Theodorescu helps USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and large ‘R’ judge Amy Bradley develop confidence in her sensitive 8-year-old Oldenburg gelding I Spy and encourage him to stay in contact and on the aids in consistent rhythm. She also has the pair practice walk pirouettes for Prix ...

In this training lesson with top hunter trainer Geoffrey Hesslink, he has a student demonstrate how sitting in the saddle on your fence approach—instead of being in two-point—can help improve your distance accuracy and rhythm consistency, as well as your horse’s balance. Plus, it will help you ma...

Christine Traurig helps Christopher Hickey further develop the half-halt with his 7-year-old Hanoverian Saskatoon OMF and find the appropriate tempo and longitudinal position of the gelding’s neck. They also continue working on the counter-canter to improve their balance, securing Hickey’s bendin...

Five-star eventer Buck Davidson works with a Preliminary pair to develop quickness in the horse’s hind-end. He uses a figure-eight exercise to encourage the horse to sit and push from behind with better balance. As they move on to course work, Davidson points out that the horse tends to spin his ...

Buck Davidson, a Pan American Games medalist and five-star eventer, works with a Preliminary pair to develop quickness in the horse’s hind-end. He uses a figure-eight exercise to encourage the horse to sit and push from behind with better balance. As they move on to course work, Davidson suggests...

Christine Traurig helps USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist Chris Hickey work on gymnasticizing his 7-year-old Saskatoon OMF to promote relaxation, improve the gelding’s suppleness and start influencing the placement of the hind legs for more forward propulsion. Traurig advises Hickey to focus ...

During our video shoot at Geoffrey Hesslink’s stunning facility in Wellington, Florida, we got the opportunity to sit down with him for a one-on-one Q&A. The hunter/jumper trainer talks about his horses’ fitness and training routines, his teaching philosophy and how he strives to instill confiden...