{"id":19110,"date":"2025-09-12T22:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dtmembership.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/solutions-encourage-your-horse-to-travel-through-turns-and-circles-with-upright-balance\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T22:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:59:07","slug":"solutions-encourage-your-horse-to-travel-through-turns-and-circles-with-upright-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dressagetoday.com\/theory\/solutions-encourage-your-horse-to-travel-through-turns-and-circles-with-upright-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Solutions: Encourage Your Horse to Travel Through Turns and Circles With Upright Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>To encourage your horse to travel around turns and circles in an upright balance \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine his head, shoulders and hips as three connected train cars. All the parts have to follow each other along the same track. And the cars need to stay upright.\u202fTo do this, put more weight\u00a0in your outside stirrup while maintaining a level pelvis, and stay lifted in your core to allow your shoulders to follow the direction of travel, pointing your belt buckle up the track as your horse\u00a0enters the turn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>      \u2014 <em>David Marcus\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-s3-s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-s3-dressagetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/12224448\/SolutionsFall2025-1024x838.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18611\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more Dressage Solutions, click <a href=\"https:\/\/dressagetoday.com\/tag\/dressage-solutions\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-david-marcus\">About David Marcus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>David Marcus<\/em><\/strong><em> is among North America\u2019s top dressage competitors. He and Chrevi\u2019s Capital represented Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games and 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games\u2122. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Marcus is a well-respected trainer who has helped students of all levels meet their goals. He and his husband, Nicholas Fyffe, operate Marcus Fyffe Dressage, a year-round training facility in Wellington, Florida.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use this visualization from top dressage rider David Marcus to maintain upright balance in your horse through turns and circles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4059,"featured_media":19111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[6956,264,174,6957,6958,6959],"class_list":["post-19110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theory","tag-balance-through-turns-and-circles","tag-david-marcus","tag-dressage-solutions","tag-dressage-visualization-for-upright-balance","tag-rider-core","tag-upright-balance-in-dressage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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