Balance -for me that is the point of dressage As far as I'm concerned, you don't need a specific horse for dressage any horse shape and form will benefit from good work to find a better balance within their body, to coordinate their legs. We all know what it feels like to change hands. * Brush your teeth with your other hand * write your name with your other hand * Even change your favourite leg to stand on Most of these simple everyday task became challenging when we swap your dominate more/ efficient side over to our not do strong side We expect our horse to do this every day. Every time we change reins. We are appealing to their coordination. Here is the goal in our riding encouraging the horse to dare using his body the other way around: carry with the naturally pushing leg and push with the carrying one in a way he is not used to coordinating. Another beneficial effect is the muscle start even out, become smooth and work like a well-oiled machine - soften up and work to...