The canter - we ride many movements in this gait. And the higher up the levels we go, the more time we spend in canter and the more...

Ready to make the leap to from Second to Third level this next show season? Congrats! It's big step! Um... hello - flying changes! ...

Happy Women's Entrepreneurship Day! Cheers to all you amazing women out there running your own business and absolutely killing it! I...

We've all seen those riders who sit so effortlessly in the saddle... our Olympic idols who instinctively move with their horse and whose...

How many of you have ever dreamt of bringing up your very own young horse? From adorable baby horse to Grand Prix extraordinaire!...

One of my personal goals for this year has been to develop a more mindful mindset (say that five times fast! Ha!) - more mindfulness in...

Ah, the shoulder in... It's nearly impossible to do any reading or You Tube-ing, etc. about any sort of dressage training without...

Five days of rain on top of the Covid-19 quarantine has me dreaming of blue skies and quality saddle time! While there is still no real...

Last time we talked about how to use the leg yield to improve the lengthened trot. Read about it here! I love this exercise, but it...

It's getting to be that time of year again...crisp early mornings, long sweat-filled days, the sun setting over the barn as you finish...

Last weekend Stella and I had the privilege of participating in the Western States Horse Expo as a demo rider for the Steffen Peters...

. I love longeing my horses... and probably not for the reasons you may think. I don't use longeing soley as a means to "work them down"...

It's been a wet week this past week in Los Angeles but today the sun finally came out. While it was nice to have a few easy, rainy days...

The recent Woolsey Fire in Southern California and Camp Fire in Northern California have been a startling reminder that part of horse...

Several LGD team members are in the process of searching for a new dressage saddle and I just recently purchased a beautiful "new to me"...

Welcome to Equine Cents--the blog at Laura G Dressage! Dressage has the reputation as being a sport for the elite--a reputation that has,...