After the warm up in part one, Ms. Froment takes a walk break, but uses this time to improve his already great walk. She begins the canter work by closing up the circle to ask for the depart, and then works on the activity of his canter. She emphasizes a giving hand and consistently rewarding him for moving forward.
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Half Steps | Christoph Hess | PART 01
They begin with riding the serpentine, more as an S figure to increase the strength in the inside hind leg. If the mare moves off the bit in the figure, Mr. Hess has her ride a circle during the serpentine. He asks that she stretch down enabling her hind legs to move more. They try for this wi...
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Grand Prix, Day 1 | Dorothee Schneider
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 uppe...
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Grand Prix, Day 2 | Dorothee Schneider
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...
