training how to use corners to increase impulsion Training without force


By Mary Rose, FBHS © 2014 Dressage arenas all


have square corners for a very good reason.


corners correctly is a wonderful discipline for both horse and rider. Except when we make a circle at one end of the arena, we need to go into every corner. At the early levels of training we pass through each corner on the arc of a ten meter circle and as our training progresses we go a little deeper into each corner, following the arc of a volte, or six meter circle.


through a corner correctly is a domination of your horse. If you do not go into the corner the horse will probably not be straight on the long side. The horse uses himself more when he does accurate figures and the corners of the arena are the preliminary exercise for riding circles – the major figure of dressage. It is on the circle that we establish the tempo.


start of their training, will find correct circles very difficult and they will try to avoid passing correctly through corners by pushing the inside shoulder in and either cutting the corner


Most horses, at the Entering and passing Riding through


or passing through it without correct bend or engagement of the hindquarters. The rider must keep quiet, even tension on both reins, as on the circle, the inside rein must not have a stronger feel than the outside, and the rider’s inside leg must support and bend the horse. It is the rider’s outside shoulder, slightly advancing through the corner – as on the circle – that helps create and maintain the bend in the corner.


when you ride all the figures, look up and ahead, through your horse’s ears.


help to slightly advance the out- side shoulder as needed without altering the rein tension.


correctly has many advantages. It will improve the impulsion on the straight line that follows. This is because, in order to bend through the corner the horse will engage his hind legs more, in response to the rider’s inside leg, and come forward through his back a little more. It is also the beginning of a correct circle and the beginning of shoul- der-in or a half-pass.


the corner correctly is also vital Riding Riding the corners This will Riding the corners, as


preparation for extending the stride because the corner sits the horse more creating the necessary engagement while keeping the horse relaxed and impulsive.


the circle, if you have too much inside rein, the horse puts the head to the inside and throws his haunches to the outside. He is not ‘on the circle’ because his spine is not lined up with the arc of the circle. As you ride the circle be sure to achieve the same tension on each rein and very slightly advance your outside shoulder, riding the horse forward with your inside leg and guarding with your out- side leg slightly back. In other words, turn the circle mostly with your torso paying attention not to let your horse bend the neck more than his body. As always in your


In the corner, as on


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