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How to Ride the Half Pass
Ready to make the leap to from Second to Third level this next show season? Congrats! It's big step! Um... hello - flying changes! ...
Laura
Dec 17, 20212 min read
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How Being an Entrepreneur Has Made Me a Better Horseman
Happy Women's Entrepreneurship Day! Cheers to all you amazing women out there running your own business and absolutely killing it! I...
Laura
Nov 19, 20213 min read
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Dressage Rider Leg Position - It's All In the Hips
We've all seen those riders who sit so effortlessly in the saddle... our Olympic idols who instinctively move with their horse and whose...
Laura
Mar 31, 20212 min read
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How to Look For a Young Dressage Horse Prospect
How many of you have ever dreamt of bringing up your very own young horse? From adorable baby horse to Grand Prix extraordinaire!...
Laura
Feb 27, 20214 min read
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Enjoy the Journey!
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...
Laura
Feb 19, 20212 min read
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Horses are Expen$ive!!! - How to Get Started as a Trainer When You Have No Money
I've seen quite a few articles, Instagram posts, etc. going around about how hard it is to get into the horse industry, especially...
Laura
Feb 12, 20213 min read
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"But What If I Fail?"
In my last post I talked about how to create your own confidence - how to get out there and try new things even when you're scared or...
Laura
Feb 5, 20212 min read
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Create Confidence
I don't know about you, but I think winter riding can feel a little nerve-wracking at times. The weather is cold (I hate the cold!), the...
Laura
Jan 29, 20213 min read
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How to Teach Your Horse Shoulder 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...
Laura
Dec 15, 20204 min read
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How to Teach Your Horse to Move Off the Inside Leg with Serpentines
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...
Laura
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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How to Teach Your Horse to Leg Yield
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...
Laura
Feb 23, 20203 min read
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How to Use the Leg Yield to Improve the Trot Lengthening for your First Level Tests
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...
Laura
Jan 31, 20203 min read
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Western States Horse Expo with Steffen Peters
Last weekend Stella and I had the privilege of participating in the Western States Horse Expo as a demo rider for the Steffen Peters...
Laura
Nov 16, 20192 min read
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Welcome Home
As you're probably aware, we know how to hustle over here at Laura G Dressage. A busy show season was followed by an unexpectedly even...
Laura
Oct 17, 20193 min read
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RAAC and Cool August Nights 2019
Congrats to Team LGD riders Sarah and Jodi! These two cleaned up at the California Dressage Society's Southern Regional Adult Amateur...
Laura
Sep 12, 20191 min read
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Team LGD July 2019
A picture is worth a thousand words... and a few blue ribbons. Needless to say, July was fun. Team LGD went out to Cornerstone's LA...
Laura
Aug 13, 20191 min read
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Team LGD June 2019
Wow! Where did the first half of 2019 go? I can't believe we'll be into July tomorrow and officially halfway with this year... and what...
Laura
Jul 1, 20192 min read
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Dressage at Flintridge 2019
In spite of the unseasonably chilly, rainy weather, Team LGD had a fantastic show at Dressage at Flintridge! Jodi and her Morgan gelding...
Laura
May 31, 20191 min read
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Bouncing Back... Part Two
This may turn into quite a series of stories... Everyone loves to share their success stories, but what about the failures that we all...
Laura
May 11, 20194 min read
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The Dressage Affair CDI***
Team LGD just returned from the Dressage Affair CDI*** show in Burbank and what a fantastic time we had! This was our show team's debut...
Laura
Mar 24, 20191 min read
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