Gwyneth McPherson
Training in the Right Way: What Successful Participation in Dressage Looks Like
Because you will never convince me that consistently getting low scores at Training Level is actually the sort →
Training in the Right Way: The Importance of In-Hand Work
Many riders think of dressage as an activity that is solely performed from the saddle. But, in truth, →
Training in the Right Way: An Ode to the ‘Normal’ Horse
While those seeking international dressage careers will absolutely need freak-show levels of talent, most riders would enjoy the →
Training in the Right Way: Types of Suppleness
Yes, there is more than one type — and knowing what they are and how to recognize them →
Training in the Right Way: Bringing Your Horse Back Into Work
Horses need an incremental approach when returning to physical exertion after some time off. With the weather obliterating →
Training in the Right Way: When to Compete
With Regional Championships well underway and the show season in Florida starting to ramp up, this week’s article →
Training in the Right Way: The Actual Purpose of Lateral Work
Lateral work is perhaps one of the most useful groups of exercises in the development of the horse →
Training in the Right Way: Where Language Fails Us in Training
Language is a funny thing, being simultaneously necessary and unavoidably imperfect… →
Training in the Right Way: Limited Knowledge Is Limited Judgement
Because although everyone is entitled to their opinion, some opinions are of more objective value. →
Training in the Right Way: Olympic Dressage – Where Do We Go From Here?
So much has already been said regarding the recent video of Charlotte Dujardin, some of it has been →
Training in the Right Way: Why the U.S. Should be Training Our Own Olympic Horses
The United States has come to rely on European bred and trained horses in order to field our →
Training in the Right Way: Using the Dressage Arena To Maximize Your Training
Have you ever considered why the standard dressage arena is the very specific size and shape that it →
Training in the Right Way: Knowing When It’s Time To Stop
When training, how do you know when it’s too little, or too much, or enough? It’s important to →
Training in the Right Way: The Process vs The End Goal
This week’s article discusses the significant difference between the end goal and the process of getting there. Although →
Training in the Right Way: What to Look for in a Dressage Horse, Part 4 — Exercises for the Imperfect Horse
This final installment of the four-part series on choosing a dressage horse takes a closer look at how →
Training in the Right Way: What to Look for in a Dressage Horse, Part 3 — Movement
Today’s article takes a closer look at movement. In order to choose a horse for dressage, or evaluate →
Training in the Right Way: What to Look for in a Dressage Horse, Part 2
This is the second of a three-part series that explores what to look for when selecting a dressage →
Training in the Right Way: What to Look for in a Dressage Horse, Part 1
This is the first of a three-part series that explores what to look for when selecting a dressage →
Training in the Right Way: Different TYPES of Equestrian Professionals
This week’s article discusses different types of equestrian dressage professionals and what they may be able to offer →
Training in the Right Way: Let’s Talk about the Correct (and Incorrect) use of Equipment
The focus of this week’s article is to shed some light on some commonly used — and almost →
Training in the Right Way: The Components of an Effective Warmup
This week’s article discusses the purpose and parts of an effective warmup routine as well as some of →
Training in the Right Way: Let’s Talk About Balance
“[C]ollection creates better balance while performing harder tasks, which then also creates greater cooperation from the horse due →
Training in the Right Way: 12 Dressage Exercises and Their Training Purposes
“What almost everyone has forgotten, or may have never learned, is that dressage is a training system, based →
Training in the Right Way: Road to the Grand Prix — Milestones for Age and Level
A student asked for a timeline for the development of the Grand Prix horse. While there are all →
Training in the Right Way: Habits
Since this is the season of New Year’s resolutions, it seems to be a good time to talk →