“Achieving ‘lightness’ requires a shift of focus away from controlling the neck and head, and more attention directed to the seat and leg.”

This is a piece I wrote for Horse Sport as a sort of response to some of the trends we’re observing in modern dressage. I absolutely love the art and sport of it, so I felt compelled to focus on the heart of what it should be, from the perspective of what happy and biomechanically healthy horses should look like.