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 drop their neck. This creates a much prettier picture as they go around, and the horses visibly begin to relax and use their bodies more. As they apply the same principle of turning behind to ride a circle, Christopher assists one of the rider with her horse who is fussier in the mouth and tends to suck back, before they move up to medium canter work.
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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...
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Forward Without Pulling - Trailer
In this early spring schooling session, Buck helps these Intermediate riders moving up to Advanced with getting their horses forward in their competition step. At this Advanced level, they use their posture and balance to affect the balance of the horse.
