Next, they work on the fours and threes, making sure he does not become flat in the half halt. When he becomes a bit strong, they go to random changes on a circle. Laura advises making the work harder when he's too strong rather than disciplining him for being too forward. They begin work on the medium trot by working on a 20-meter circle and then down the long sides, making the work a bit harder when he is distracted. Laura reminds the rider to come back to neutral after each time she corrects him.
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Katrin works with a very sensitive horse
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 mo...
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Katrin works with a very sensitive horse
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 mo...
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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...
