Prix St Georges Schooling Passage and Piaffe
Laura Graves
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9m 20s
Laura suggests building the passage from the trot rather than the walk. She wants the horse to get a big, bouncy trot before asking him to come back. She advises passaging to the hand rather than bringing the horse back to passage. Similarly, she wants the half-steps to come back from a bouncy, forward trot.
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