2026/27 Straightness Intensive Course
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The Straightness Intensive Course
An 18-week course about achieving Straightness as a horse-rider unit. This is THE course to learn the fundamental biomechanics of straightness and how it (and its opposite, crookedness) impacts everything else you do in your riding.
💎 Learn easy-to-use exercises to identify, address, and FIX your horse’s crookedness issues under saddle without having to spend months on groundwork first.
💎 Some of the exercises are designed to be done on the ground, but most can be done on the ground as well as under saddle. Nearly all were designed to be ridden.
💎 So therefore with The Straightforward Straightness Method, you do not need to stop riding for a year just to work in your horse’s Straightness. You can begin immediately with the ridden exercises.
Whole program: 18 weeks: November 20, 2026 - March 25, 2027.
** NEW ** Intensive Format includes LIVE group Coaching Sessions for each Module
Included with your purchase is the complete fully supported course and a specially selected set of bonus webinars.
🍌 The Complete 12 module Straightforward Straightness Method based on Classical Principles and Dressage Biomechanics
🍌 Gymnastic horse exercises to athletically develop your horse
🍌 Biomechanics-based Horse Training Theory
🍌 Instructional and Demonstration Videos
🍌 Horse Exercise Videos and PDFs
🍌 Rider Imagery Lessons
🍌 Feldenkrais Rider Exercises
🍌 Curated Yoga Lessons
🍌 Absolutely amazing, supportive community
🍌 Q&A Sessions
🍌 NEW for this Cohort - LIVE Group Coaching sessions for each module with Thomas Ritter. Get feedback on your videos. Great peer learning opportunity too.
🍌 Expert support in the Private community from Thomas Ritter and the team of Ritter assistant trainers
🍌 Study Pods for peer support
🍌 Course content available via private Podcast to help you keep on track even when you are on the go!
🍌 Lifetime Access, small admin fee for upgrades to future runs of the course
What People Are Saying:
"Thank you thank you thank you!! I have learned so much from you all. Your knowledge but also your humor made this course so fun but I've taken it so seriously. I know that Paloma and I have improved in our relationship because I have learned to recognize what work needs to be done. There is less tension, more of a partnership and much more respect from me. I have so much more to learn and will continue to delve into all of the modules again and again.! Off to the Flying Change Course!"
- Barbara Sanford
"This course was priceless in improving my riding and my balance and my horse's balance and physical well-being!!"
- Barbara Farino
"Excellent course for novice or experienced riders. Every thing explained so clearly and always something new to discover."
- Sue Barton, UK
"The straightness course has been extremely beneficial for my horse. We have made more progress with this 12-week online course than in the last 4 years of in-person training. The course is suitable for horses in all levels of training, and I carried out the majority of the course in walk because my horse had just returned to work after a period of 6 months. He was a very anxious horse, spooky and rushy who got tense as soon as he felt the slightest bit unbalanced. Now he is straighter he is much calmer, and his rhythm and tempo and hindleg connection is much improved. I now plan to go through the course again riding a lot more of the exercises in trot so I can continue to help his straightness. Thomas has an amazing eye for detail, and learning from other people's videos too. Thank you to all the Ritter team for this very valuable course. The straightness course has been transformational for this horse."
- Rachel Forster, UK
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