LKMDressage

06/08/2024

ISO Dressage/everything mount for an adult amateur 16'2-17'2, 7-13yr under $26,000.

06/03/2024

Dennis Callin will be joining us for a clinic in Upper Marlboro, MD June 15th & 16th. Please inquire for more information

04/27/2024

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04/25/2024

It is amazing how much Beth Gielner & her horse Mya have improved in 6 months. LKMDressage found this horse for Beth in 2023. Ride 56 today. You have to chart your rides to keep it in perspective. After all, this wonderful DHH hadn’t been schooled for quite a while. She has excellent basics, we just need to bring them out. They are on there way!

04/03/2024

: When you memorize your tests, don’t just memorize the movements, and the letters at which they are performed. Memorize how you go through corners, how you prepare those movements. Memorize what you’ll be doing the five strides before a transition in order to make that transition the most beautiful and effortless it can be. Memorize breathing, staying present, and how you’ll use your body to help your horse do the best work he can do. It’s not just about the pattern! ♾️⁣
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03/19/2024

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03/05/2024

A short neck indicates a problem in the connection and the early steps of the dressage pyramid of training—rhythm, relaxation, seeking the contact. William Solyntjes discusses four symptoms of a short neck.

02/28/2024

A discussion of this indispensable element in daily dressage training

02/27/2024

Everyone should read this. Excellent!

Sometimes my team and I are really rolling, with lots of horses and humans showing and getting somewhere and grinding it out. Other times, the youngsters are all youngstering, and I didn’t book a lot of clinics in January and February because the weather usually stinks, and we’re mostly just log...

02/26/2024

This week's Wise Words come from Ernst Hoyos 🗣️

Hoyos learned to ride in his native Austria on his father’s Icelandic ponies and racing Thoroughbreds. At 17, he was accepted at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna where he studied for many years. In 1993, he began working at Olympic Medalist Ulla Salzgeber’s stable in Germany, where the two continue to collaborate. He has worked with many other top horses and riders, including Lisa Wilcox, a U.S. Olympic medalist. Hoyos is featured in David Collin’s book, "Dressage Masters".

02/25/2024

To help maintain a long leg that is grounded to the earth ...

Imagine there are magnets on the soles of your boots that are attracted to the earth. The strength of this vertical line of positive tension gives the horse a place from which to balance.—Beth Baumert

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz

02/21/2024

: What we in the horse world refer to as “maintenance” - joint injections, systemic drugs like Adequan or Tildren, and other medical interventions - are amazing tools to help us keep our partners healthy and sound. They can extend their comfortable years, and help horses with imperfect xrays or imperfect conformation continue to have useful jobs.

They’re also part of a big puzzle. Proper nutrition is key. Proper lifestyle management is key. Tack fit, shoeing, and thoughtful training with plenty of variety. None of these replace hock injections, nor do hock injections replace any of these. And there’s no one-size-fits-all to any approach either: some horses live long and healthy lives with less turnout than others, and some horses go their entire careers without needing a needle.

But the more movement there is in a horse’s body, the greater the risk of injury. Horses that do low-level work their entire lives, and have natural gaits for a 5, don’t abuse themselves like the mega-athletes that do the Grand Prix. And no matter the level or the gifts from God, when one part of a horse’s body hurts (due to saddle fit or bad shoeing or just the slow, methodical building up of topline that sometimes leaves us sore), they’re more likely to overstress another. And that’s how horses get the kind of injuries that take a long time to heal, if they heal at all.

Find the best trainer, the best farrier, and the best sports medicine practitioner you can, and then make sure they all talk to one another. Make the best choices you can, both for your horse and your wallet. And then say a little prayer to whatever you believe in, because there’s not enough corticosteroids in the world to prevent horses from being stupid in the field 🤣

02/19/2024

Come join us in our beautiful indoor. We have school horses, lease options located in Upper Marlboro MD.

LKMDressage will come to your place too for lessons and clinics.

Specializing in your relationship with your horse.

02/16/2024

To improve your ability to ride with a forward tendency in your arms ...

Imagine your hands, in riding position, pushing against an imaginary wall. This will give you the right feeling and, at the same time, will lengthen your back and help you sit deeper.—Susanne von Dietze

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz