Trailer—Caroline Pamukcu Eventing—Preparing for Spring Horse Trials—Dressage
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Caroline Pamukcu’s head rider Lee Maher schools a horse in a last dressage school before competing at Novice in a spring horse trial the next weekend. He focuses on maintaining the same rhythm in the trot and canter work. He and the horse work on transitions— trot–walk–trot, within the canter and canter–trot–canter. The work helps the horse achieve the balance Maher wants.
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