In this first video, Courtney King-Dye and Anne Gribbons discuss quicker movement vs. more loftiness for the piaffe and passage. The rider begins her session with Courtney and works on making her gelding quicker. Courtney discusses how a rider's worst enemy is freezing in the passage--putting the...

Catherine Haddad Staller - piaffe, passage, and throughness

Catherine Haddad Staller - piaffe, passage, and throughness

Catherine Haddad Staller - piaffe, passage, and throughness

We join this lesson after the warm up, and Alfredo has the rider performing passage canter passage transitions. This obviously highly educated pair start by showing us collected work, and Alfredo schools them on riding corners. Watch this pair for phenomenal collection into the corner to a quart...

This beautiful Andalusian pair begin their session with trot work including leg yielding. Alfredo reminds them to slow the tempo and keep the haunches aligned. As the rider slows the horse and pushes him through, his trot becomes better and they work on transitions within the gait. In the canter ...

This beautiful Andalusian pair begin their session with trot work including leg yielding. Alfredo reminds them to slow the tempo and keep the haunches aligned. As the rider slows the horse and pushes him through, his trot becomes better and they work on transitions within the gait. In the canter ...

Canter pirouettes and half steps with Katrin Bettenworth

Canter pirouettes and half steps with Katrin Bettenworth

They move on to the preparing for the canter after a walk break.  They continue asking him to move forward while being soft in the hand.  Cesar asks for the same aids for the down transition, making sure it comes from the seat and keeps the hindquarters active.  they work on transitions within th...

They begin with riding the serpentine, more as an S figure to increase the strength in the inside hind leg. If the mare moves off the bit in the figure, Mr. Hess has her ride a circle during the serpentine. He asks that she stretch down enabling her hind legs to move more. They try for this wi...

Half halt work in the piaffe, rubberband exercises with Hilda Gurney

In the canter work they continue working on the bend, allowing the horse the freedom to bend with the outside rein, and lightening when he does bend. After doing trot walk trot transitions making sure he is pushing from behind, they start the half steps.

In the canter work they continue working on the bend, allowing the horse the freedom to bend with the outside rein, and lightening when he does bend. After doing trot walk trot transitions making sure he is pushing from behind, they start the half steps.

Juan Manuel Munoz Diaz shows us the initial stages of introducing the piaffe and passage as demonstrated with two beautiful Lusitanos. Watch for his inspirational approach to building the foundation for correct and relaxed movements.

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 th...

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.

Daniel describes how he handles a horse that gets tense when he starts to collect them. He checks his transitions within the gait in the canter in both directions before working on the half pirouettes. They do quarter pirouettes on a square, preparing him and keeping him relaxed. After a stret...

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 th...

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...