Mission Creek Ranch

21/09/2026

DRESSAGE SOLUTIONS: Seek the Connection

To encourage your horse to seek the connection and reach into both reins when asking him to stretch forward and down …

Close your leg and give your reins forward, thinking of the reins as telephone lines where the messages can be sent and received only if the circuit is not broken or loopy.

— Karen Adams

🎨 Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz

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29/08/2026

An outstanding woman’s dream …..

We hope you enjoy this slide show of images spanning The Event at R...

24/08/2026

Ulrika ….. you pulled it off !
Your Team at Alhambra this past weekend put in a phenomenal effort to put on the first FEI 1-2* 3 Day Event in some 20 yrs in Alberta. Sat night and Ulrika is Still working to feed the hundreds who show support to the event but need feeding !!!
A huge thank you from the officials helping at the Event. We were honoured to be asked to help you.
Pictured is Fran Macavity ( Chief Steward ) and Ulrika
Foreground.. Linda Miller and Chantal.
Many Congratulations to Alhambra 3 Day Event !!

18/02/2026

24/12/2025

Training Tip Tuesday. The Leg Yield Along the Rail - Haunches In Exercise. The horse will begin moving forward and sideways down the rail in a leg yields. Then the rider will ask the horse to bend around the inside leg and continue moving forward and sideways down the rail. This is a great exercise to help develop the haunches in, since it positions the haunches correctly off the track for the haunches in that begins at B. The leg yield along the rail should be performed at approximately a 30-35 degree angle to ensure that the angle of the haunches in is correct.

15/12/2025

Great exercise!

Training Tip Tuesday. Voltes and Travers (Haunches In). Continuing our development of the haunches in. This is a great exercise for helping to develop the bend and appropriate angle for the haunches in for the rider. It also helps the horse to develop the engagement and suppling of the hindquarter, as well as, freeing the shoulder. The repeating voltes help ensure that the horse and rider are able to maintain the angle for the haunches in and then giving the hindquarter a moment of rest before beginning the haunches in again - increasing and decreasing the engagement, developing strength for greater collection, increasing flexibility, balance and coordination. This is also great for helping the horse and rider for the more advanced movements like half pass, pirouette and flying changes.

11/12/2025

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12/11/2025

Johan Hamminga talks about balance:
“Never make a horse short in the neck, you must always be lengthening in front. When you make a horse short in front, then it goes down in the back, the neck is too high. When you open the horse, it lowers the croup and carries the rider’s weight.”
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2023/01/top-tip-on-balance-from-johan-hamminga/