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August 2020

Mastering the Basics: the Circle and How to Ride it Without an Arena

2020-09-01T02:02:25+00:00

Circles, circles, circles... Dressage seems to be completely obsessed with the circle. Yet that is the figure that frustrates more riders than perhaps any other. Why is the circle so important? The main thing it does is develop the bend of the horse, stretching the tight side and strengthening the weak side. The inside hind [...]

Mastering the Basics: the Circle and How to Ride it Without an Arena2020-09-01T02:02:25+00:00

Origin of the Arena Letters

2022-02-20T20:07:56+00:00

As promised, a short history of the arena letters. After the beginning of the 18th century in the games called "The Skirmish Turns," published in the book by Bruno Joseph de Morla in 1738, we find evidence of the use of letters, in this case in a bullfighting ring, to be able to coordinate exercises [...]

Origin of the Arena Letters2022-02-20T20:07:56+00:00

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