Keeping a Steady Contact Part 1
Para Dressage
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14m
Adrienne helps a Grade IV para rider with a horse she has only ridden one other time. They focus on finding a steady connection first in the walk. They play with adjusting the stride in the walk to influence the horse straightness because he is wiggly instead of going forward into the contact. They move on to trot focusing on straightness first.
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