Dressage Coaching in Devon

Every horse is different — some need help relaxing through their topline, some need more energy in front of the leg, some need an honest contact rebuilt from scratch. Our dressage coaching starts by watching you and your horse warm up and noticing what is actually happening, then layering in the exercises that will produce the biggest improvement in the shortest time.

We work all the way from young horses learning to accept the contact, through Prelim and Novice, up to Elementary movements including shoulder-in, travers, medium paces and counter-canter.

Riding a test is a very different skill from riding well at home. We will walk through your test movement by movement, identify the marks you are most likely to lose, drill the tricky transitions and arena geometry, then put it all back together in a mock test with caller and feedback.

On competition day itself we can be there with you at the venue — calming nerves, warming you up properly and giving you a focused plan for those last ten minutes before you enter at A.

You do not have to be a dressage rider to benefit from dressage coaching. Jumping riders consistently see better strides, straighter approaches and quieter landings after a few flatwork sessions. Event riders gain marks in the dressage phase and better control on cross-country. We bring the same care and attention to the flatwork side of your training, even if your real love is the jumping arena.

We coach at our base near Okehampton and travel widely throughout Devon and into North Cornwall. Whether your arena is in Tavistock, Exeter, Crediton, Tiverton, Barnstaple, Bude or anywhere in between, we will come to you.