Daniel Dockx rides the eight year old Manchengo in this next video who is just starting Prix St. Georges and piaffe and passage. They start with a stretch in the trot while maintaining the same rhythm, and ask for shoulder in and canter while in the same frame. He also does transitions within the gait showing beautiful relaxation through the whole warm up.
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Half pass, Piaffe, Passage, Tempi cha...
After checking his forward and back, Daniel talks about what issues they have had with the half pass and how he uses the leg yield to help. The leg yields are successful and he moves on to shoulder in. When this leads to the half pass, Daniel makes sure his steps stay even and he doesn't lose th...
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Half pass, Piaffe, Passage, Tempi cha...
Daniel explains why he uses the trot piaffe trot in the training of the piaffe and passage. Manchengo performs several of these transitions with relaxation in both directions, and Daniel follows with some passage. He rewards him for his hard work with another stretch. The extended trot is next.
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Half pass, Piaffe, Passage, Tempi cha...
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