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The Aids:

Sometimes in Dressage we make things way too complicated. At the end of the day, the leg means go and the rein means stop. It is important to always keep this in mind regardless of how complicated a movement you are riding!

The aids are as follows:
1. Legs driving aids
2. Reins restraining aids
3. Seat translator between the driving aids and the restraining aids


ALWAYS start with the driving aids. Think about driving your car. The first thing is to step on the gas. Then you can turn the steering wheel! So many riders start turning the wheel before they are even going anywhere!

Your seat is NOT a driving aid. So please don’t ever try shoving with your seat to get your horse to move forward. It just looks really bad!

It is important, however that once your horse is moving forward, that your seat follows the motion of the horses back in an elastic and fluid way!

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The “last” aids are the restraining aids. The restraining aids get your horse to slow down and stop and they can also be used for direction or turning.


When using the restraining aids it is ok to start with tightening your seat and sitting heavy. Then use intermittent half halts to get the horse to slow down.

As you evolve as a rider and you and your horse become more sophisticated so do the aids. Correct implementation of the aids requires “timing, balance and feel.” Over time, and with tens of thousands of hours of practice, your aids will become more and more subtle and invisible!