Responsiveness and Contact Part 2 To assist the rider in holding her hands level and not crossing them over the withers Ms Fore has her hold a whip horizontally with both thumbs over the withersnbspThey work on many trot walk trot transitions

Responsiveness and Contact Part 3. In this segment the rider continues holding the whip horizontally with both thumbs and asks for contact during the shoulder in at the walk. At the trot they do the half pass by doing shoulder in on the diagonal.

Responsiveness and Contact Part 4. The work continues in the canter with 10meter circles leg yields and the counter canter.

Training Level Day 2 Walk Canter Reinback Part 1

Training Level Day 2 Walk Canter Rein back Part 3. In the turn on the haunches they work on maintaining a shoulder in position. The contact becomes better and they continue to walk canter transitions.

Training Level Day 2 Walk Canter Reinback Part 4

Training Level Day 2 Walk Canter Reinback Part 5

Training Level, Part 4. They continue the exercise of riding ten meter circles in each corner at the trot. To encourage him to lift his withers rather than his poll, she suggest choosing the correct exercises.

Training Level, Part 5. This segment begins with shoulder fore at the walk. They continue with a very good sitting trot on a three loop serpentine. There are many good tips for rider position to aid these efforts.

Training Level, Part 6. Work continues in the canter, asking the horse to shorten his stride and carry himself better. Ms. Fore directs that he should be in both reins, with the rider determining the canter rather than the horse.

Training Level, Part 7

Training Level, Part 1. Ms. Fore explains that this lovely young Dutch Warmblood gelding must continue his solid basics. They work particularly with the contact on the reins.

Training Level, Part 2. On the trot circle, Ms. Fore asks for the horse to stretch down into the contact maintaining roundness. She stresses using the circle points to ask for rebalancing half halts.

Solid Basics for the Young Dressage Horse Part 5 In the canter left they work on asking the horse to maintain her balance In the stretchy trot they work on asking the horse to reach out to the contact on the bit

Solid Basics for the Young Dressage Horse Part 4 Ms Fore has the rider use the shoulder fore to create straightness and balance before asking for the canter depart resulting in a much improved canter

Solid Basics for the Young Dressage Horse Part 2 The finer points of riding the leg yield while sustaining forward movement are explored

Solid Basics for the Young Dressage Horse Part 2 This segment offers great tips on how to create more suspension at the trot through how the rider posts as well as using the leg yield to straighten the horse

Solid Basics for the Young Dressage Horse Part 1 After watching the warm up Ms Fore decides to work on the canter which is too quick off the ground by asking to slow the tempo and attain a clear three beat canter

This segment provides a great lesson in starting the piaffe and passage with your horse.

In the half pass at the canter, they work on creating the sideways movement from the horse jumping up and over. There is work preparing the horse for the passage.

Continuing in the counter-canter, Lilo then asks for shortening and lengthening in the canter with the neck down. While cantering a small circle around her, Lilo assists from the ground with getting the horse to have quicker strides.

On Day Two with this 10-year-old Oldenburg/Hanovarian shown to Intermediare I, Lilo begins with a great explanation of warming up. They work on the canter in the warm up and show beautiful single changes.

Beginning with the canter half pass, Lilo insists on keeping the canter quick. There is an excellent example of the four, three and two tempis.

The emphasis of this segment is to keep the horse respectful and forward when asked to bear weight in his hindquarters, instead of slowing down. Lilo instructs the rider on the use of the seat to accomplish this and talks of how this will affect the pirouettes.