Karen's first time seeing Duncan being ridden, and her first time riding him. Observe what Karen does in order to get a feel for him and also to begin making progress. Duncan is an upper level dressage horse whose owner sought Karen's help because she was considering selling him because he was to...

Karen rides Duncan again in a continuation of the video 'Beginning to Rebalance - Duncan'. This is his third day with Karen and she rides him in a halter and snaffle. His owner had been told he should only be ridden in a double bridle. The focus is on self carriage. You can find more videos about...

Karen rides Duncan 3 weeks into his training with her. Now he has a 'sweet spot' and Karen checks if he can maintain it during more movements. We first see Duncan in the February Classroom. He is an FEI horse owned by an amateur rider who came to Karen because he was extremely heavy in the bridle...

In this video Karen rides Duncan in the dressage arena to test out some movements and to make sure he stays focused, light and communicative. The owner's initial complaint was that he was too heavy even in the double bridle. Karen rides him still in the halter then snaffle. Duncan has been with K...

Karen helps Breanne improve her mare's lateral work. You will see her progress over several weeks. The goal was not only to improve her lateral work, but to use lateral work to improve the mare's general suppleness, throughness and relaxation of her back. this video will be applicable for horses ...

Karen takes a close look at this horse's canter rhythm. He has three beats, but no moment of suspension. Through slow motion and freeze frame you can see how it changes as they make the improvement. She will discuss the exercises they used to achieve this change. This is an excellent video for an...

Karen demonstrates a 'flower' pattern for building a horse's and rider's confidence in their skills for counter canter. She rides two horses, Jedi and Atomic on what she calls the Flower Pattern, showing how to build the skills you and your horse need to be successful. This video is great for hor...

In this video, Karen helps you learn the concept of the half halt by focusing on the result. The goal of the half halt is to rebalance the horse in a way that he is more energized, engaged, and light on the forehand. Half halts are meant to be brief moments in time, but that makes them difficult ...

Karen teaches a student, Lisa and her horse, Dylan. This is not a 'miracle breakthrough lesson' but it is a very typical lesson plan for horses and riders who are confirmed in their working gaits and are now ready to build their horse's ability to collect. The benefit of watching this video will ...

Karen helps a student start to develop more collectibility and engagement at the canter. You can see the first part of the lesson in the video called: 'Improving Collectibility at Walk & Trot - Lisa & Dylan'.

Karen teaches student, Nancy, to improve her canter transitions. This video is packed full of information and tools to improve any transition. Watch as Karen leads Nancy through an empowering session leading to a big improvement! The information in this video will help riders of a wide range of e...

Karen demonstrates the way that shoulder-in and half pass relate. She illustrates it with Ovation and also shows some more basic ways to begin to develop the skill.
This is an excellent video for anyone seeking to have a deeper understanding of how shoulder in and half pass relate to each other, ...

Karen warms up Jedi for a session on schooling canter pirouettes. You will hear her talk through her warm up and her thoughts for the session. Included are 2 bridle-less exercises. This video will be helpful for students ready to warm up to do more collected movements ... Whether that may be toda...

Karen rides a student's horse who is a little out of shape, but ready to move from working gaits to more collected gaits. You will also see some before and after photos that show the muscular and postural changes that happened in just 2 months. This video is great for anyone who wants to improve ...

Karen coaches a student to help her maintain the canter. This can be challenging for many riders because you want to suggest they keep going, but you don’t want to chase them or push them and ruin the quality of the canter. This video will give some tips for things to do to help you have more suc...

Karen coaches a student through a counter canter pattern from a First Level dressage test. It is an easy pattern for the horse, but can be challenging for the rider to visualize. You will see a very typical issue many riders have, then will see how Karen explains it, gives another exercise to bui...

In this video, Karen coaches a student and her new horse to find more alignment on the circle as a way to improve his general thoroughness. The student reports that he can be quite heavy in the contact on one rein. You will see how to apply spiraling in and out in a way that will help the horse b...

This video is the second half of the Precision & Play presentation. Karen rides Ovation and narrates what her thought process is as she does a typical ride from warm up through more collected exercises. She reminds us of some of the concepts she spoke about during the talking part of the Precisio...

Karen shows excerpts from one ride with Ovation. This brief video shows how the balance and gait of her horse changes from warm up to final more collected trot. Less of a 'how to' and more of a visualization of the progression. (The horse is schooling 3rd Level dressage)

Karen rides Natilla to demonstrate a way she plays with developing more engagement during transitions from the collected walk. This will be good for anyone with Working Gaits that is working on Collectibility.

Karen rides Jedi through some exercises to develop his skills for canter pirouettes. Jedi is just beginning to learn these so you can observe the initial stage of development. This video is good for students and horses who have solid working gaits and have begun some collected exercises. Fun Fact...

Karen coaches a student to create more throughness. Her horse has tendencies to be tight in the back, and unsteady in the connection.
This video shows the greater gymnastic benefit of leg yields. You will see it change the throughness and steadiness of connection in this horse over just a couple ...

Karen coaches a student to find a harmonious sweet spot by improving her effectiveness and neutral in some lateral maneuvers.
This video is great for anyone who is playing with improving straightness and self carriage.

Karen coaches a student with a talented young warm blood. They have started their flying changes, but they are not consistently clean. You will see the exercises and advice Karen gives the student, and will see the positive result! Karen uses slow motion and still frames to help you see what is h...