Coventry Equestrian Center

How do these things happen? Sometimes people just show up on your doorstep and you say, “OK.” I said, “OK” and it was done in an hour! Tom Mulholland did the work and I highly recommend! Guy Hermann

Love this! USDF posting my article!

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Quality Riding, It Is Up To The Rider 🫵

"When I first started my dressage journey, I used to pretend I was Robert Dover when I rode. Thinking about how he rode while I was mounted made me sit up straighter and present myself on the horse. Trust me, I did not start that way. I was rounded in my shoulders and slumped. But I desperately wanted to be a good rider, so I did yoga, swam the backstroke, and started sitting up and thought about my posture and how I used my body ALL day!"

First appearing in the Three Rivers Equestrian Association newsletter, "TREA Branches" (September 2024), this article was a nominee in the 2025 GMO Newsletter Awards for first-person experience articles for GMOs with 75-174 members.

Click the link below to keep reading about how rider posture affects your ride (hint: it's a lot!):
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✍ Kristin Hermann
📸 The Dressage Seat, from Principles of Riding (Kenilworth Press), p. 48

Started over night turnout at Coventry! I love this “First Knight,” and - so do the horses…Patricia Bonitatibus

Next two Coventry schooling dressage show dates June 28 and August 2, 2026