DTO is proud to present Nicholas Fyffe as a new trainer for the website.  He first works with this Conemarra and rider who pinpoint forwardness as their main thing to work on.  As they get a chance to see the arena, Nicholas has them think about keeping the neck of the horse in the middle of his ...

New horse, Sensitizing to your aids - Courtney King-Dye

New horse, Sensitizing to your aids - Courtney King-Dye

New horse, Sensitizing to your aids - Courtney King-Dye

Nancy Later brings us another tutorial, this time on exercises for rebalancing your horse to help you ask them to carry more weight on the hindquarters. She begins the lesson by talking about what balance means, and how the balance of the rider can affect the balance of the horse. She covers the...

Nancy Later discusses what to do when your horse wants to lean on the rein, schooling pirouettes and the proper aids to use.

Obedience to leg aid, creating a forward thinking horse, warm up, checking to make sure the basics are there.

Getting proper downward transitions learning the pirouettes, creating accountability for all aids

More work within all gaits.

Lilo Fore explains that this lovely young Dutch Warmblood gelding must continue his solid basics. They work particularly with the contact on the reins.

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On the trot circle, Lilo asks for the horse to stretch down into the contact maintaining roundness. She stresses using the circle points to ask for rebalancing half halts.

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Lilo explains how to introduce the idea of weight-bearing to the young horse. She requires that he not go faster, but rather that he increase the activity of the hind legs and carry himself.

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They continue the exercise of riding 10-meter circles in each corner at the trot. To encourage him to lift his withers rather than his poll, she suggest choosing the correct exercises.

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This segment begins with shoulder fore at the walk. They continue with a very good sitting trot on a three loop serpentine. There are many good tips for rider position to aid these efforts.

Work continues in the canter, asking the horse to shorten his stride and carry himself better. Lilo directs that he should be in both reins, with the rider determining the canter rather than the horse.

Lilo asks for a more upward thinking canter to finish the canter work. She explains that as the horse struggles to learn, some set backs will occur, and the rider must analyze why they happen and use the correct exercise to solve the issue.

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Basic walk, trot and canter warm-up with a 5-year-old horse

Jose Mendez explains the poll position

Jose Mendez explains the poll position

Jennifer Roth training Level Test 4

Training forward and straight on a young horse with Catherine Haddad