The Recipe for Making A Dressage Rider.

Take one part grit, two parts determination, and a cup of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. You MUST mix both sides to achieve suppleness and balance. Stir together and pour into a blender of soft legs and strong cores. Add a touch of "I can do that better" and often-bruised ego.

Mixture should begin to froth at the sight of a well-connected Warmblood.

If being served in the South, warm mixture until it's sweaty and miserable. If being served in the North, chill until flexibility is at a raw minimum.

In either case, serve in a pair of see-all white breeches on a leather saddle sure to leave your butt as black as coal.

Enjoy!

-- Girl