David Marcus – Structure Your Warm-Up Intro
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Canadian Olympian David Marcus of Marcus Fyffe Dressage discusses why he prefers a very structured, systematic approach to his riding that begins with the warm-up. In each warm-up ride, from green to Grand Prix, David looks to do these three things: 1. Check and train his horse reactions to his seat, leg and rein. 2. Check and train his ability to regulate the length of his horse stride, and 3. Check and train his ability to control the horse overall shape. We hope you enjoy this video series!
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In Part 1 of this series, David Marcus discusses what he believes is the ideal way to warm-up your dressage horse and what the key benefits are to keeping it structured. He then demonstrates the beginning steps of the warm-up on a 7-year-old mare who has a tendency to be quite sensitive.
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In Part 3, David Marcus uses the diagonal into the leg yield as a change of direction to help keep the horse straight. This hot little mare helps demonstrate how this exercise is beneficial to a sensitive horse, as she first wants to extend across the diagonal but instead, connects to the outside...
