Olivia helps a rider warm up on a young mare. In the trot, the rider needs to help show the horse how she can shift her weight back and add a little more airtime with her legs. Adding 10-meter circles helps balance the horse more on the outside side. The horse needs to turn and hold herself up and not rely on the rider to hold her up.
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Warmup for a Young Mare - Part 2
As the pair moves into canter, they do small forward and back transitions where the forward generates energy, and the back helps compress her and load the outside hind leg. Small movements help build the strength slowly as these moments are deceptively difficult. Performing counter canter will al...
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Training/First Level
FEI trainer Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel works with a Training/First Level rider and this fun, 9-year-old Draft-Cross gelding.
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Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel—Training ...
In Part 5 of the Training Scale series, Felicitas looks at Connection from the horse's point of view. Felicitas will show that after the horse found rhythm and tempo and was relaxed how he then searches for the connection. She explains that connection should be something the horse is seeking, lik...
