Scott Hassler first watches this lovely long legged mare warm up with special attention to connection to the outside rein.  In the canter right Scott asks her to ride a shoulder in.  They play with collection making sure the shoulders stay up. She shows great ability to collect and Scott cautions...

Scott Hassler first watches this lovely long legged mare warm up with special attention to connection to the outside rein.  In the canter right Scott asks her to ride a shoulder in.  They play with collection making sure the shoulders stay up. She shows great ability to collect and Scott cautions...

Scott Hassler first watches this lovely long legged mare warm up with special attention to connection to the outside rein.  In the canter right Scott asks her to ride a shoulder in.  They play with collection making sure the shoulders stay up. She shows great ability to collect and Scott cautions...

Chrissa teaches her assistant, Mel, on Piston, a 14-year-old Canadian Warmblood gelding. Mel has had some success showing him, but is having some issues with changes. Piston shows a lovely, round topline, but they have to work on getting him forward off the leg. They have taught him when Mel take...

Laura asks for a walk canter transition with a should fore position to keep him pushing with the inside hind leg.  They next work on the one loop serpentine at the canter and then the counter canter with him waiting until she asks for the flying change.  Once in a while he jigs in the walk when t...

After they take a break they work on his collected and extended walks.  in the trot Laura reminds her to use the corners and keep the quality trot. They work on transitions within the trot, going from sitting to rising.  The rider pushes him up in the shoulders and out in front of her.  They have...

Lifting the neck and back without curling the neck - Catherine Haddad

Dr. Moller teaches this lesson on a six year old by beginning with an emphasis on being straight, and starting the turn with the bend, and finish with guiding with the legs of the rider. He asks for more bend on a circle until the inside rein gets light without holding too much on the outside re...

Dr. Moller teaches this lesson on a six year old by beginning with an emphasis on being straight, and starting the turn with the bend, and finish with guiding with the legs of the rider. He asks for more bend on a circle until the inside rein gets light without holding too much on the outside re...

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...

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.

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...

Janet talks about the requirements for a Grand Prix horse and makes recommendations on how to bring them along.

Janet Brown Foy, Third Level/M, Third level tests

Improving the walk, Half pass, shoulder in work. - Edward Gal

Part 2: Christopher replaces the poles with verticals and the riders work to compress and lengthen between the two fences. He draws attention to their line and encourages them to focus on being inside rather than overshooting. Christopher helps a rider stop her horse from drifting by having her f...

Chrissa introduces Mel, her assistant, riding her own horse, Piston, a 14-year-old Canadian Warmblood gelding. They have had success showing, but are having some issues with changes. He shows a lovely, round topline, but they have to work on getting him forward off the leg. They have taught him w...

They start the canter work with Chrissa helping her keep him more up in the frame. They ride a shoulder in and haunches in and then a leg yield before trying the single change. He doesnt accept the aid for the change so they ride it again after getting him a bit more on his haunches. They change ...