FEI 5* Judge Janet Foy provides tips on riding trot shoulder-in and half pass. In a well-schooled horse, the rider outside leg does not need to be driving the entire time. Instead, the inside leg creates engagement, cadence and forward impulsion. She also reminds us that we in the training, we dont have the constraints we have at a horse show.
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Shoulder-In at Trot
FEI 5* Judge Janet Foy helps a rider with a horse that has been a hunter learn shoulder-in. In the corner, the rider must decide if there is enough bend or if the horse is forward enough. After doing a few steps of shoulder-in, straighten and then go forward to replace any energy lost.
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Connection in Shoulder-in
Laura works on improving the connection in the trot because the horse mouth is busy, and she is a little low in the poll. She works on shoulder-in and goes through the what, how and why of the rider aids and the horse responses. She demonstrates what happens when the rider body gets imbalanced in...
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Video 2: In the walk they work on the...
Video 2: In the walk they work on the leg yield with a shoulder in in the front. They do many walk trot transitions, making sure that he does not lean on the outside shoulder. Because this horse has big movements in the canter, it would be easy for him to lose his balance and the clear three be...
