A reminder to myself that the dressage pyramid is a pyramid for a reason. 🫠 With my OTTB, it’s so easy to focus on the finished picture — contact, connection, “roundness” — when I need to keep coming back to the foundation. Rhythm → Suppleness → Contact → Impulsion → Straightness → Collection. Lately I’m asking myself less “where is his head?” and more: is the rhythm there? Is his body supple? Is his back swinging? Can he take his neck forward without losing the connection? Turns out you can’t finesse your way around the basics. 😂 Which step do you catch yourself trying to skip? #OTTB #DressageTraining #Thoroughbred #HorseTraining #Equestrian