Axel Steiner, Grand Prix,S Level, Grand Prix test ridden

Axel Steiner judges a Grand Prix Freestyle

Axel Steiner judges a Grand Prix Freestyle

They return to the trot, working on going from the trot to the passage with forward thinking and him lifting his shoulders. Laura encourages the rider to use her half halts rather than holding him to get the passage.  She gives a very thorough explanation of the connection needed and the aids the...

Laura works with a rider who's goal is to have him working for her from the start of the ride.  She is schooling the movements of the Grand Prix, but can become backed off from going forward, and Laura works out a plan for keeping him forward first.  The rider always encourages him forward when s...

They reverse directions at the canter, and check that she can honestly move him from one rein to the other without a flying change.  Laura talks about never using both hands in a restrictive manner, and always leaving them someplace to go.  After the warm up they check the extended and collected ...

As this rider starts the half pass in the other direction she runs into resistance, so starts it with a leg yield, changing to half pass halfway through.  After a walk break they go to the canter, making sure to give forward with the hands much like her seat moves forward during the canter stride...

They return to the trot, working on going from the trot to the passage with forward thinking and him lifting his shoulders. Laura encourages the rider to use her half halts rather than holding him to get the passage.  She gives a very thorough explanation of the connection needed and the aids the...

Alex Gerding training Andy Feller training at Level GP - Grand Prix.

Alex Gerding training Andy Feller training at Level GP - Grand Prix.

Alex Gerding training Andy Feller training at Level GP - Grand Prix.

Debbie starts out working with this horse in the canter, which can often improve the trot. She encourages the rider to keep her shoulders back, but leave her arms forward. They ask for stretch in the collection and work on haunches in on a 12-meter circle, using the half halt on the outside rein....

They continue working to supple the horse, a tough goal since he's older. Debbie then works with a second horse who loses the thought of forward in the collection. This is a fantastic opportunity to see how precise the coordination of the aids has to be to keep him from sitting too hard and stall...

In this final video, Debbie continues with the same horse, asking for haunches-in on the circle at the canter. They school pirouettes and passage steps. Unfortunately he takes a bad step and they have to stop the session. Debbie and Janet go on to offer advice on riding the canter zig zag and the...

Germany's Isabell Werth, winner of the 2017 World Cup Finals, offers her expertise in a session from the Dressage Showcase presented during the World Cup event in Omaha, Nebraska. Isabell coaches three demo riders through the training and movements appropriate for a young horse headed for Grand P...

Next, Isabell works with a 7-year-old Hanoverian gelding on his way to Grand Prix. He immediately shows a long swinging trot and Isabell encourages the rider to work on quicker steps with flexion. As the rider develops this, they perform the trot half pass, and Isabell points out that as the hors...

In Part 3 of this series, Isabell leads a session with an 8-year-old Hanoverian mare who shows further development toward Grand Prix. This mare shows more self carriage than the previous two horses, and Isabell points out that the rider needs to work to lower the mare's croup. She asks that they ...

This rider mostly wants to work on one Tempi's and Piaffe and Passage.   Adelinde talks about how even at the Grand Prix level you have to check every day to see if you can get the bend and control of the legs before you can ask for any movements.  As they begin to work on things, she has the rid...

This rider mostly wants to work on one Tempi's and Piaffe and Passage.   Adelinde talks about how even at the Grand Prix level you have to check every day to see if you can get the bend and control of the legs before you can ask for any movements.  As they begin to work on things, she has the rid...

This rider mostly wants to work on one Tempi's and Piaffe and Passage.   Adelinde talks about how even at the Grand Prix level you have to check every day to see if you can get the bend and control of the legs before you can ask for any movements.  As they begin to work on things, she has the rid...

This rider mostly wants to work on one Tempi's and Piaffe and Passage.   Adelinde talks about how even at the Grand Prix level you have to check every day to see if you can get the bend and control of the legs before you can ask for any movements.  As they begin to work on things, she has the rid...

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On this Open Training Day at Catherine's facility in Loxahatchee, Florida, Catherine shows us a 9 year old mare ridden by one of her trainers.  She shows PSG potential, and Catherine leads us through her normal training.  They make an unusual start by asking her for half steps early to keep her h...

This segment begins with a demonstration of how Catherine teaches the flying changes.  She talks about how the difference between buyers in Germany and the U.S. as well as the fact that she trains horses to be rideable by others and not just her.  They next show the mare's extended trot, working ...