Bettina schools them at the walk, asking for the proper energy and self carriage. She is very particular about the walk trot transition, and in the trot canter they use a 10m circle to prepare. By the end of the lesson the horse is noticeably more in self carriage.
Up Next in Dressage
-
Quicker and Morse Responsive - Part 1
Bettina helps school an event rider in dressage. After warming up on their own, they start with an exercise over cavalletti in an arc. Bettina points out the importance of the line and balance while making subtle changes in the rider’s position. When they go large, Bettina helps her keep the push...
-
Robin Walker – Beginner Novice Consis...
Robin Walker works with a beginner novice rider on understanding and keeping a consistent contact to help improve her OTTBs way of going Robin first acts as the reins as they walk forward to help encourage the horse to soften in the mouth Then he has the rider work on the same thing while going f...
-
Training Level Dressage
Phyllis Dawson coaches a training level event rider on getting her horse's back looser and more relaxed so the horse has more swing to his stride and is more through. She says that getting the horse looser starts with getting the rider looser.
