How To Start Collection With Your Dressage Horse By: Jane Savoie | - How will you know when your dressage horse is ready to move up to second level or third level? Let's look at some of the required dressage movements as well as the required changes in balance.
Let's say your horse is solid at first level. Look ahead to the second level movements. Check out the dressage tests. You'll see that you need to work on shoulder-in, haunches-in, renvers, simple changes of lead, reinback, and turns on the haunches.
Why Is It Easier For My Horse To Do Lateral Movements In One Direction? By: Jane Savoie | - Since very few horses, are ambidextrous, it's inevitable that lateral movements in which the horse goes sideways (leg yields, shoulder-in, haunches-in, renvers, and half passes) will be easier in one direction than the other.
Your goal for lateral movements in dressage (and everything else you do with your dressage horse!) is to:
Neck too high: The height of the neck is determined by the degree of engagement of the hindquarters. So, the height of the neck changes as you go up through the levels and your horse becomes more collected.
