I love black tack!!!! Looks especially good on gray , pinto, paints . I also like chocolate brown. Mostly it"s about looking put together and not garish so I can focus on the horse. I really like riders to wear gloves also!

@@idanorrisdressage6483… same, shopping for my bay TB, do you recommend which tack w what color accents?

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@@idanorrisdressage6483 thank you! Just got home and it went great - will see what the judge thinks soon!

I don't start folks with a whip just because some horses are tense with them. Your trainer is right that if you can manage it is a skill you want to develop and if you need you can start with a riding whip. I sell as very very light weight lunging/longlining whip which does help folks . If you need one contact me thru my website: Ida Norris dressage.com

HI! It's a Natural Horseman Saddle from Contour Saddlery. naturalhorsemansaddles.com/?ref=19268

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Couldn't agree more!

Marie, If all is going correctly the inside leg is close to or near the girth, outside leg further back than the inside to support/guard the haunches from falling out or crossing in shoulder-in. Occasionally when a rider uses their inside leg it draws up or back .......I know it happens to me sometimes!

Hi! If management allows you to go into the ring BEFORE the bell you may enter by turning down the centerline or exiting and quickly coming back in. If you choose to exit make it prompt as the 45 seconds does not allow much maneuvering time. The ring steward will know what the horse show management is allowing and you can always check with them if they are requesting/suggesting one or the other style of entry which might be based upon the placement of the ring ( obstacles or inability to circle or go around the ring may impede entry). The arena/ring in Western Dressage is known as " the ring" or occasionally called the "court". Entry varies depending upon what the local situation is. At normal licensed WD shows you do not enter the ring for practice before the bell, you are slowed to go around the outside of the ring and when the bell is rung you enter from the outside. Whenever you are in doubt of what to do the safe thing is to enter promptly from the outside.

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I have been training horses since 1985 professionally . I have had 5 or 6 come in for training... worked out great! I coach/train/teach folks WD who are on Mustangs probably in the neighborhood of 10-15 people over the years as folks come and go. I currently train Dayna R. who rides only mustangs at this time. I judge a lot of them and there is one in almost every clinic I teach.

Anne, Thanks we'll try to get started on your suggestion! In the meantime- remember the poll should be higher than the withers for correct balance and swing in the back occurs when the horse tracks up in the jog.

I require an incredibly narrow twist in my dressage saddle. Amazingly enough I am extremely comfortable in the Western Dressage "regular" Contour saddle. The extra wide and deep seat model was too wide in the twist for me personally.

@@idanorrisdressage6483 Thank you for this info! Lovely saddles!

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