On Day 1, this rider and the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding, Leopold of Shakespeare, currently showing at Third Level, start their work with Anne Gribbons and then receive input from the other experts. They first work on warming up the horse over his topline and discuss the importance of not going into the movements and collection work too soon.
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Suppleness in the Flying Changes
Once the horse is moving well in canter, they try some flying changes. Steffen wants to make sure the horse’s energy, balance and suppleness is correct before asking for a change. The changes are clean and straight, but the horse is a little long and low, so Steffen works on having the rider shor...
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2020 Adequan/USDF Trainers Conference...
In this video, Gary Rockwell starts the session by explaining that we need to think of collection as weight lifting...be smart about it and warm-up properly. The horse wants to be a little hollow to the left. Gary works to help the rider get the horse more equal in both reins. In the second half ...
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2020 Adequan/USDF Trainers Conference...
In this session, Lauren Sprieser rides a "still developing" 9-year-old Lusitano named Helio. Ashley discusses how Lusitanos have a tendency to hold tension. She helps Lauren work on suppleness and getting more flex in his hocks. While the horse does have some tension, they help him find collectio...
