Lars now has her work on tempi changes without counting in a leg yield zig zag and keeping her straight in the stride after the change. When the horse is losing his outside shoulder he has her ride leg yield, change, shoulder in to solve it. Lars talks to her about her leg aid for the change and how to improve it. After a walk break they return to the trot, and Lars helps her with sitting the trot without leaning back. She shows a dramatic improvement by sitting differently, and Lars explains how that could help with canter lengthenings also.
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Suppleness and Relaxation 1
Joyce Heuitink rides a ten year old Grand Prix mare and demonstrates suppleness, lateral work, walk and canter pirouettes, and transitions within the gaits. They have not warmed up before the start of taping, so we get to see the whole work session. She begins by looking for relaxation and att...
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Suppleness and Relaxation 2
Joyce changes direction and works on relaxation in the canter and shows a clear and effective half halt. She repeats the haunches in exercise in the canter to the left, as well as the transitions within the gait. She describes how she chooses what order of gaits to ride in the warm up depending...
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Suppleness and Relaxation 3
They now work on the walk pirouettes, checking for the balance, submission and speed of the turn, and repeating with less bend. This leads to a working canter pirouette with a transition to the walk pirouette and back to canter in the same position. In the canter pirouette Joyce works through c...
