Dressage with Amelia

Latest Episodes:

Structuring Your Ride Q&A Apr 04, 2025

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Last night we talked about how to plan your ride. It’s so important to look up, looking up helps you create a plan for where you want to go. Your horse won’t go to where you’re not looking , listen in to hear our other tips for planning your ride!

Also hear about how Germán’s experience of recording his very first ride-along podcast!

Don’t forget to download my Free Canter Checklist here.

Happy Riding,

Amelia

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Preparing for the Canter Q&A Mar 28, 2025

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Last night we talked bout how to prepare for the canter. The better your basics, the better your canter! We shared tips on improving your canter, and your transitions.

We also shared our own thoughts on how we prepare ourselves and our horses for showing.

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Relaxation and Suppleness in the Walk Q&A Mar 21, 2025

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Last night’s live was a little different as I was live from the horse show in Del Mar. Today I’m riding the PSG and the I1 on Saturday so that’s super exciting!

This week’s YouTube video was on the walk, my biggest tip is don’t forget to practice it!

I also introduced my new puppy Messi, so let me know if you have any potty training tips!

I have a brand new Canter Checklist, you can download it for free here.

Suppling a Tense Horse Q&A Mar 14, 2025

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Have you watched this week’s YouTube video? I would recommend watching it as it’s a really interesting one. I taught a symposium in Idaho late last year and I had a super student on a Lusitano and he started anticipating. So I shared how we worked with him when he started to anticipate the canter transition.

If you have a horse that starts anticipating and getting tense, it can be hard. I would recommend working on some circles and patterns and focusing on tempo. Dressage is definitely the hardest sport!

I also shared an update about Harvey, he’s going to stay with my mom in Colorado for a year to have a break and just hang out in the pasture for a year.

I want to remind you all to love and cherish your horses and appreciate every day you have with them.

PS. Check out my Free Patterns & Figures PDF here.

PPS. If you want to check out the Correct Connect Tackified Gloves that I wear, you can see them here, and use the code Amelia10 for a discount.

Improve Your Position, Improve Your Horse Feb 28, 2025

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Last night we talked about rider position, what we can do to improve our rider position, and most importantly, how improving our position can improve our horses!

We had so many questions from the audience about their common rider position problems, how those problems can affect our horses, and most importantly, how to fix them!

If you enjoed this, you'll get so much out of my FREE Rider Position Webinar click the link to signup!

How to Keep Your Hands Still Q&A Feb 21, 2025

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We are talking about keeping your hands still because that was this week's video, and it's something we sometimes don't realise they're moving quite so much!

The "secret" to keeping your hands still is to have an independent seat. Your hands are an exacerbation of what your seat is doing; if your seat is bouncing, you hands are bouncing even more. If your seat is better connected to the movement of your horse, your hands are steadier and quieter.

The first of my free Rider Position webinars is coming up this Sunday! You can RSVP here.

For the Love of the Horse: Friday LIVE From the Barn Feb 15, 2025

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Tune in to hear our live from the barn and meet Germán's new mare! Here's the link to RSVP for my rider position webinar. And if you want to watch this episode on YouTube and see our horses, you can catch it here!

For the Love of the Horse: The Newlywed Game, Equestrian Edition Feb 14, 2025

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Last night Nicole hosted the Newlyweds Game, Equestrian Edition where I competed against Germán and against the chat, and it got really competitive! We had so much fun!

Don't forget to RSVP for my upcoming Rider Position Webinar!

If you want to watch this episode live, you can watch it here.

For the Love of the Horse Feb 10, 2025

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This week I am planning some extra live sessions for Valentine's week, to celebrate how much we love our horses! Make sure you tune in for Thursday's session where we will be playing the newlywed's game but equestrian themed. Then on Friday we'll be doing a special live from the barn!

Don't forget to RSVP for my FREE Rider Position Webinar, just click here to save your seat!

The Bending Aids Feb 07, 2025

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Last night we had a great chat about relationships. We reflected on our relationships with people and with our horses.

We got a really exciting update from Germán about his new horse, tune in to hear more about her!

We also talked about bend and had some super questions on turning our horses. We shared some tips on how to make sure your horse is bending correctly and some exercises you can do to help your horse bend.

Happy Riding,

Amelia

PS. Don't forget to check our my free Rider Position Mini Course here.