Cesar Torrente helps this beautiful pair warm up and the horse shows great relaxation, bend in both directions and stretch. They use trot serpentines to check that he bends both ways and then leg yield from centerline to the long side. For the shoulder in on the quarterline they work toward less angle and more bend. They add haunches-in after a volte and give him a walk break. When they return to work, they ask him for more engagement with lots of transitions, eventually asking for only one walk step and then trot-halt-trot transitions. Cesar explains the importance of the halts being still. They do trot-walk-trot transitions in the shoulder-in position.
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Engagement, Part 2
They continue with shoulder-in to the half pass before going to the canter work. Cesar continues to ask them to stay in the shoulder-in position. They perform canter-walk transitions and then a half circle to the counter canter. As they repeat the above to the other direction, the horse sits more...
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2016 West Coast Dressage Convention -...
Adelinde starts off emphasizing what she has through out each lesson, rhythm, speed control and balance. They begin with some suppling exercises for this third level pair.
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2016 West Coast Dressage Convention -...
Adelinde starts off emphasizing what she has through out each lesson, rhythm, speed control and balance. They begin with some suppling exercises for this third level pair.
