Once the mare is more over the back and pushing from behind, the nose becomes more consistently on the vertical. This fixes itself and isn't addressed so much, because at this stage of training, they want the poll lower and rounder since in the past the mare wanted to stick her nose in the air more often than not. Now the horse is obviously more relaxed and chewing on the bit.
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Jan Brink: Transition Work with Young...
Jan Brink works with this 4-year-old stallion and rider to perform nice, soft transitions forward and back as part of his warm-up routine. This work is to prepare for the flying changes, which Jan explains are a matter of riding good transitions on a diagonal line. He shares more of his theory on...
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Jan Brink: Transition Work for Young ...
Jan Brinks leads horse and rider through preparatory exercises for both mind and body, which will need to be correct before the flying change is introduced for the very first time.
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Jan Brink: Transition Work for Young ...
Jan Brink works with this rider and a 4-year-old stallion in trot to focus on improving the gait by using shorter and longer steps.
