Dorothee Schneider works with this rider to make sure that the horse”a 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding”is listening and concentrating.œWe all know the feeling when the horse isnt listening, so we need to give him the time, she said. Once he was concentrating, they started working on the upper-level movements.
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Grand Prix, Day 2
Dorothee points out that without pressure from the rider, the horse is able to swing over his back and hold the rhythm and carry the weight in the hind leg.œThis allows you to then ride the more difficult things”piaffe and passage, she said.œThis horse is working from the hind leg to the bit”it a...
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Grand Prix Workout - Part 1
Hilda Gurney rides her Grand Prix horse, Wintersnow, in his third year at GP. She talks about the importance of the walk in the test and the obstacles to having a good walk. They warm up on a looser rein, going through all three gaits with transitions and lateral work. Watch for a great warm u...
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Grand Prix Workout - Part 2
They continue in the collected trot and move through travers, half pass and shoulder in. When all is working well they add the piaffe from both the trot and walk. He shows some great passage and she reminds herself about rein length. After another walk break they work on the pirouettes, and th...
