Pennsylvania Riding Academy

06/17/2026

Lately Paul and I have been warming up our Grand Prix horses with some piaffe work in hand, and we thought it would be fun to share a little of the yin and yang of Ella and Roman with you!

06/01/2026

Check out Paul's latest article in the Horse Magazine, on nosebands and the magical widget.

Link to article below.

04/27/2026

Paul and Rose have each dedicated their lives to dressage education and sharing it with riders. We have openings for ship-in lessons here at the farm, and if you haven't seen it, visit our website to check out Paul's history of dressage lecture videos!

Rose is now offering private pilates training for dressage riders here at the farm, tailored to each rider's unique needs. And last but not at all least, we have an upcoming opening for a horse in training. Contact us via PM or email for more information.

04/13/2026

We are pleased to share a unique educational opportunity to view a series of video lectures by Paul on the four major riding schools of the world, their history and relevance. Each video comprises many hours of research and draws upon countless historical sources as well as Paul’s own experience.

These videos were previously only available for private viewing at our farm, and as part of our internship educational program. We are pleased to offer them online for the first time.

Additionally available now for streaming is Paul’s beautiful video The Lost Quixotes, which includes footage of his groundbreaking force-plate work with Dr. Hilary Clayton, demonstrations of exercises with his own horses, and a thought-provoking interview with a wild horse and horse behavior expert.

Link in comments below to purchase page.

04/01/2026

Check out Paul's latest article in Australia's The Horse Magazine! Tracking in the Lateral Work: Why Does it Matter? He tackles a thorny question - link in comments below.

03/19/2026

We were at a clinic recently and Paul's work in the early 2000's with Dr. Hilary Clayton came up in discussion. It became a great article in USDF Connection and of course the basis of his book, Search for Collection.

02/25/2026

Thursday night, Paul is giving a very interesting talk on the Iberian Horse! Free zoom link in shared post below.

02/17/2026

From Paul: Here we have one of our young horses in training learning some half steps. He is well conformed and it is relatively easy for him to do these steps. I want to be clear that it is not as though I am intent on teaching these younger horses to piaffe. What is important is that they learn how to use their hips, flexing at the lumbosacral joint, using their psoas and iliopsoas to come under. I watch carefully to make sure they don’t start deviating in the hind legs. If they widen slightly, this is not a problem, it only shows that they are trying to carry weight behind and are widening their stance like a weight lifter to accept the load. It is a real problem if they cramp up or narrowly step on their own feet or bring one foot in more than the other, etc.

Several of our interns have come to us with horses who were weak behind, had lameness issues, or needed to have joint injections to stay sound. We began early on with a program of teaching the interns how to work their horse in hand, to exercise the horse without any weight on its back and to learn the proper technique of engaging their hindquarters. In every instance, by the time their yearlong internship was up, their horses were sound and had not required additional injections. The horses were stronger, and the interns had much greater appreciation for when a horse lifts its back and collects. It wasn’t about teaching them to piaffe, it was about teaching them how a horse correctly sits.

02/02/2026

We're excited to share that Rose has a new blog on our website called "The Masterful Student!" Link in comments below. Each Monday Rose will post a new entry about what it might look like to try to be a masterful student. Rose will cover training classical dressage, teaching, farm life, and of course our love of horses!

Pictured is our young PRE stallion, Xander.

01/31/2026

We're still taking questions about "Long and Low: A Revolution in Modern Dressage." Now is your chance to ask the author Paul Belasik directly! Give us your follow-up questions here or email [email protected], and Paul will answer them on video and we'll post it here. Don't be shy ;).

Did you read Paul Belasik's new book, "Long and Low: A Revolution in Modern Dressage?" Do you have questions? Are you interested in a follow-up discussion by the author? Submit your questions about the book to us via Messenger (not in comments please) and Paul will answer a selection of your queries in a video which we will post here. We look forward to hearing from you!

(Cover art by Diana Mercean)