Everyone makes mistakes in dressage tests. Yes, even Olympic medallists like Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin. Part of the art of good test-riding is being able to cope when things go wrong in the ...

You know how it is — you practice your forthcoming dressage test at home and your horse is impeccably well behaved. You then go to a competition and he proceeds to jog in the walk movements. It’s a ...

How much time do you spend working your horse in walk when you’re schooling? Of all the paces, walk is the most overlooked. We walk to warm up and get moving, but we’re keen to transition to trot as ...