Charles De Kunffy works with a rider on a wide variety of lateral work, including shoulder-in, haunches-in and half pass, to help supple the horse. He combines that with periods of lengthing and collecting in trot and canter to improve the gaits and connection overall.
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Keep the Engagement
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 t...
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Junior Rider Third Level
Lars Petersen meets this junior rider and her Danish Warmblood gelding currently competing at Third. He looks for them to create more swing in the trot warm up and encourages her to ride 80 percent with her seat, 15 percent with her leg and 5 percent with her hand. They ride the trot half pass a...
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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.
