Part 1: The riders work around the arena, going over the cavaletti. Christopher emphasizes the importance of not looking down at them, or any obstacle and instead looking ahead and allowing the horse to sort their own feet out. Working with poles set up on a curve, Christopher is able to help the riders identify when they are drifting, and practice paying more attention and riding their line while steering with the legs rather than the hands. They move to the trot and work on ensuring the horse's are accepting of the outside rein inside leg, by turning the head slightly to the outside as they go around. Christopher reminds the riders to give with the hand and encourage the head and neck down so the horse can look at the cavaletti. He works with them on turning by moving across the saddle and opening the hip, rather than relying on the reins.
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Galway Symposium - Part 2
Part 2: The riders come off the cavaletti and focus on a swinging forward trot as they use the entire arena. Christopher reminds them to ride their corners correctly. Before every corner they must sit to the inside, open the inside hip to ride through the turn from behind, and allow the horse to ...
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Galway Symposium - Part 3
Part 3: The riders work on a circle, transitioning between medium and working canter with a focus on using the inside hip to communicate with the inside hind leg of the horse, and maintaining the balance with the outside rein. Christopher talks with the riders about maintaining a contact even whi...
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Galway Symposium - Part 4
Part 4: Christopher brings the session together with a canter exercise over cavaletti that demands the riders use everything they've practiced so far to completed a successful flying change. They focus on using the position statement to pick up and maintain a correct canter, rather than using the...
