Clinic Group 3: Flatwork—Transitions for Engagement | Margie Engle
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During the warm-up, Olympian Margie Engle has three riders make serpentine loops focusing on straightness and bending. She then has them ride lengthenings and collection in trot and canter. She instructs a rider whose horse is heavy in her hands to counter bend him. When another horse spooks, she has the rider bend him away from the spooky object.
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