Sharpen your horse’s straightness and balance with Joe Stockdale’s go-to exercises – simple set-ups to help build accuracy, connection and confidence

Showing a stretch in trot in a dressage test is a useful skill, but one that takes time and patience to hone. European team gold medallist Gareth Hughes tells Aimi Clark where a judge wants the horse’s head and neck to be

Shared rides, developing riders and comeback horses produced a series of hardearned victories

Carl Hester on adding give and retake of the reins to the grand prix test

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Kim Bailey on the new-style hurdles and repercussions from the budget