Collection and changes with Henk Van Bergen

Collection and changes with Henk Van Bergen

Dressage Today is happy to offer a great schooling opportunity to this amazing horse as she shies strongly away from the camera the first time by! Christoph encourages the rider to stay in the shoulder in as he helps the horse work through the hotness. They use the shoulder in on a circle by the ...

The next goal is the flying change. Even as they walk, Christoph requires that they are more active with a marching walk while stretching. They first do walk“canter“walk transitions. He insists on a sharp, quality canter in front of the rider to prepare her for the changes. They ride a serpentine...

Christoph watches how they school the changes on a serpentine with a couple of simple changes, then a flying change. He helps her try to make this work, however he suggests a different way to school them. After producing several disunited changes, they decide to wait until the next day to continu...

Chrissa Hoffman rides Faustus, a third level horse that she is helping with the changes. She discovered the issues that led to his flying change problems, and has just gotten him to the point of beginning to work on the tempis. She begins by placing him deep in the neck during the warmup to ke...

Chrissa Hoffman rides Faustus, a third level horse that she is helping with the changes. She discovered the issues that led to his flying change problems, and has just gotten him to the point of beginning to work on the tempis. She begins by placing him deep in the neck during the warmup to ke...

German master Christoph Hess helps this rider whose horse is severely behind the vertical and ducking behind the bridal. He has the rider use a very long rein with lite contact encouraging the horse to push his nose out to the bit the entire time. Improvement can be seen at the end of this first ...

The focus is how to hold your hands, how to think of the correct bit contact and the importance of making your horse always be forward and in front of the leg.

Discussion of using the seat to keep the withers up. Catherine also makes big improvements in the flying changes, teaching Annie to use parallel aids.

Catherine stresses the point that when her horses head comes up, the answer is to drive her forward, don't try to fix it with your hands. She allows the rider to feel how she must have proper contact before the asks for a proper upward transition.

Bettering the tempi changes with Alex Gerding

Bettering the tempi changes with Alex Gerding

Bettering the tempi changes with Alex Gerding

This 4th level pair begins with the walk in a round frame keeping the contact on the rein.  Hilda explains how they go through all the levels in their warm up, so they encourage the mare to bend and stretch with a nice tempo.  She gives a description on how to shorten the reins to keep from pulli...

This pair shows their talent at the lateral work showing great bending through the whole body and the proper angle in shoulder in and travers.  After a walk break they work on the fours with great tips from Hilda on making them work better.  The walk and canter pirouettes are next and Hilda helps...

Anticipation in the changes with Chrissa Hoffmann

Anticipation in the changes with Chrissa Hoffmann

Anticipation in the changes with Chrissa Hoffmann

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...

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...

2009 Adequan/USDF Symposium featuring, Jan Brink
To receive USDF University education credits, watch all the videos in this collection and complete the quiz linked below. Education credits will be awarded to all current USDF members upon quiz completion. Please allow up to 1-2 weeks for processi...

2009 Adequan/USDF Symposium featuring, Jan Brink

To receive USDF University education credits, watch all the videos in this collection and complete the quiz linked below. Education credits will be awarded to all current USDF members upon quiz completion. Please allow up to 1-2 weeks for proces...

2009 Adequan/USDF Symposium featuring, Jan Brink

To receive USDF University education credits, watch all the videos in this collection and complete the quiz linked below. Education credits will be awarded to all current USDF members upon quiz completion. Please allow up to 1-2 weeks for proces...