Catherine Haddad brings us a series of lessons on her training system, showing how to train a horse to the highest levels so they can teach the rider. She begins with an eighteen year old schoolmaster and a beginner rider, but speaks how she starts all of the horses out in their warm up the same, and why. The frame is adjusted to the appropriate frame for the horse. For this older horse that needs to warm up his back and loins she asks for the head and neck to be lower with the hind legs reaching under.
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Training Level, Keep the Contact, Part 1
The rider introduces herself and her 4-year-old and as they warm up Dr. Moller has them start on their easier side while asking for the horse to go to the inside leg to outside rein. When he canters instead of trotting, they return to the trot and then circle while working on contact on both rein...
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Training Level, Keep the Contact, Part 2
Now they nearly halt from the trot and then trot forward again, resulting in him getting lighter in the contact. They work on keeping him straight and using the leg when he comes above the bit. Even in the walk break the horse needs to allow the rider to touch his mouth while stretching down. As...
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USDF Sport Horse Prospect Development...
This young mare shows a very positive, forward ride, and Ingo Pape encourages the rider to ask for her to stretch down more. He talks about inner and outer relaxation, and while the mare is alert, she's totally positive with energy that can be channeled, a great quality in a sport horse. Becaus...
