They proceed to the canter, and when the mare swaps leads when she asks for collection Steffen has her explain it in a walk pirouette. At the canter again on a 20 meter circle they ride haunches in, lengthen, bring the haunches in and then ask for collection. They experiment with keeping her straighter in the neck when asking for the collection, and then try a bit of counter flexion to keep her more honest on the outside leg. In the trot they leg yield to the inside of the circle when she tries to swing her haunches out. Steffen has them do canter walk transitions and helps them when she stops her hind end in the transition.
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Straightness 3
They take a walk break, but Steffen still has them work on the quality and tempo of the walk before returning to the canter. He has them ride the centerline in the canter to teach her when the rider straightens her she is not asking for a change. By being accurate on the turn to the centerline s...
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Straightness 4
Steffen has them return to the trot, riding a 10 meter half circle to the half pass and pointing out how picky he is about the beginning of the half pass and making sure the haunches arent leading. When she becomes a bit tight in the back they go to rising trot, then ride shoulder in down the lon...
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Simple Changes and Single Changes, Yo...
Peter Gmoser starts this six year old gelding in the extended walk, making sure that he is working through his whole body. He works through collection to the quarter pirouettes, skipping some corners as he anticipates the pirouette. They show an excellent example of a correct half pirouette.
