In this video, Gary Rockwell starts the session by explaining that we need to think of collection as weight lifting...be smart about it and warm-up properly. The horse wants to be a little hollow to the left. Gary works to help the rider get the horse more equal in both reins. In the second half of the session, Ashley talks about the horse using the bit to balance himself instead of his hind end. She helps the rider to change this behavior
Up Next in 2020 Adequan/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference
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On Day 1, this rider and the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding, Leopold of Shakespeare, currently showing at Third Level, start their work with Anne Gribbons and then receive input from the other experts. They first work on warming up the horse over his topline and discuss the importance of not going...
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Lars Petersen and the other experts help this rider work through several trouble spots before working on the flying changes and pirouettes. They discuss the importance of the rider position and how she must work on a softer contact with a softer shoulder and elbow.
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Gary Rockwell also stresses the importance of training your eyes”keep your eye on your line. Know that if you look at the mountain your horse will climb the mountain, and if you look at the ground, the horse will go to the ground.
