Dr. Moller has the pair return to the trot and stretch down before asking for the transition to the walk. In the transition up from walk to trot, he has them keep the stretch with longer reins before gathering the reins back. When he breaks into the canter from a very forward trot, they allow him and calmly ask for the trot again.
Up Next in Stretching
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Stretching for Upper Levels, Day Two ...
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 ...
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Proper Contact | Christoph Hess | PAR...
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 ...
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Proper Contact | Christoph Hess | PAR...
In Part 2, Christoph focuses on canter transitions, where the horse is notoriously tense and bucky into the transitions. They work for a long time to relax the horse before they can think about moving into something else.