Part 4: Catherine works with the rider on flying changes. She coaches him to ride more from his body weight to get the change. She coaches the rider to use the rein to communicate to the horse to keep his body straight and the tip of his spur for a more refined aide to ask for the change. They work on the quarter line to perfect the horses lead change.
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Preparation - Part 5
Part 5: Catherine wants the rider to pay more attention to keeping the horse's shoulders outside of the bend in half pass. They work on this by practicing the movements and aides in shoulder in. Catherine identifies that the horse goes flat in the half pass because he drops his shoulder. They wor...
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Lessons Trailer
This series, borrowed from our sister site Dressage Today OnDemand, comes from Grand Prix dressage trainer Silva Martin. These videos include several lessons with eventers that show warm up through practicing the complete test. The focus is on getting the horses forward and supple and then stress...
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Practice Dressage Tests Group 1
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