Tips on Turning for a Rollback
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5m 58s
Ronny offers tips for efficiently executing a rollback. There needs to be less hand involved in turning as it throws the horse off balance. He talks about how to give room for the hind leg to move under the horse through a turn while not blocking the forward motion. If the rider uses too much hand in the turn, the horse loses forward motion and there may not be enough power to propel the horse over the next jump.
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