Laura explains how to use positioning when the horse is pulling, and how to activate the hind leg rather than pull on the reins. They talk about the bit she is currently using and if it the best for the mare. After a warm up in the canter they begin the work on the pirouette. They first set her up in a canter for a pirouette without actually turning. The next step is to decrease the size of the circle while riding haunches in. They school the pirouette and while on a walk break Laura offers more suggestions on how to ride the pirouette and how to use counter flexion.
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They reverse directions and first ask for haunches in with the canter down the long side and then on the circle. Laura guides them through the schooling pirouette, making sure to move only the shoulders or haunches as desired. Laura explains why she schools the canter pirouettes in haunches in a...
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