Mission Creek Ranch

17/06/2024

Dressage Solutions: To confirm that your horse is on the vertical ...

Imagine he is a unicorn and has a spiral horn coming straight out of his forehead. If you can see the tip of that horn between his ears, you have perfect in-front-of-the-vertical placement. If his nose is behind the vertical, the horn will not be visible.
— Endel Ots

Endel Ots is one of eight athlete-and-horse combinations selected to the 2024 Paris Olympics U.S. Dressage Team Short List.

Thanks to Cosequin Equine for our coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics, including rider interviews, competition reports, horse spotlights, photos, videos and more.

20/05/2024

15/05/2024

09/04/2024

Daryl … doing what he loves … finding the life in wood snd bringing out the beauty! ❤️
Us girls just love to jump the sticks 😁
Roll on Mission Creek Ranch Eventing Derby 2024 !

06/04/2024

Research reveals what bedding types have natural anti-bacterial properties. Bedding made of shavings from Scots pine trees—a species native to Northern Europe but also found in the United States—is much less likely to harbor bacteria than are other common bedding types, according to a new study ...

04/04/2024

Ever wondered how to take your test-riding up a notch, to gain those valuable extra marks? Carl Hester shares some golden nuggets of training advice that can help every rider pull in some extra points in the ring… 1. Focus on your own position “Sitting in the middle of the horse is important for...

21/03/2024

To improve the position and forward aspect of your hands...

Imagine home base for your hands as a square in front of your saddle that is even with the width and height of your hips. Always keep your hands in the home-base square with the feeling that you are pushing a shopping cart forward.—Melissa Allen

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz

21/03/2024

When Grand Prix show jumper Rodney Jenkins was asked whether or not he also rides on the flat, he responded with, "Well, yes ma'am, that's the only way to get from one jump to another."

13/03/2024

To improve your horse’s balance on your chosen line of travel …

Imagine that your eyes project a thin, thread-like cobweb connecting your horse to your destination. When you glance down at your hands—even for a split second—this fragile cobweb gets cut and your horse loses his orientation and, therefore, his balance.—Susanne von Dietze

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz

13/03/2024

With the right management, this disorder doesn’t have to be a death sentence for your horse’s performance career.

21/01/2024

Dressage judge Janet Foy explains how to judge and ride these required movements.

19/01/2024

Some light entertainment……

08/01/2024

To create throughness with correct bend when your horse is crooked...

Imagine your crooked horse as a kinked hose. You need to straighten him to get the kinks out and get the water (his energy) flowing. Then you can bend him correctly.—Annie Morris

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz

29/12/2023

To lift the back, the horse must be able to reach forward and stretch downward with his head and neck …

Imagine that your horse’s shoulder blades form a slot through which his neck must fall in a downward direction. In order to reach and stretch, his neck must come straight out of his shoulders. If his neck isn’t aligned with the slot, the horse is unable to lower it.—Beth Baumert

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz

19/12/2023