Cesar teaches this lesson on a schoolmaster with a rider who is just moving up the levels. They begin with the basics- making sure that he reacts to the leg and keeping the hands still. He helps the rider work through the sequence of leg aids and how to ride a through transition from the trot to the walk. Once he's going rounder they ask for a shoulder in and haunches in, being careful to keep the angle correct. They ride a lovely trot half pass in each direction keeping the energy up and the step active.
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Junior Rider Third Level
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Junior Rider Third Level 2
As they go to the canter work Lars points out that he is overbent to the inside, and helps her straighten him. They work on sitting more in the down transitions within the gait in the canter before moving on to the canter half passes.
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Junior Rider Third Level 3
Lars concentrates on the single changes and helps her with exercises to get him straighter in the change, and more precise with her leg aid. When she performs the canter trot transition he collects too much, and Lars has her think of pushing his hindquarters to the outside in the transition. The...
