Part 2: Lucinda demonstrates the correct way to fit a martingale and then challenges the riders to a small course with no running out. She explains one of her favorite exercises to finish a course - the straight line halt, and how this can be used in competition to ground a young horse and reassure them. The riders tackle the course which includes oxers and skinnies, at trot with various success. Lucinda offers real time feedback to each.
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Beginner Novice | Lucinda Green | PAR...
Part 10: Lucinda concludes the session by gathering the riders to talk about everything they have covered. She re-emphasizes the importance of learning to come back in the saddle and ride in more of a dressage seat with the shoulders behind the hips, to be more secure in case of trouble. Lucinda ...
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Beginner Novice | Lucinda Green | PAR...
Part 1: The riders introduce themselves and their green horses. Lucinda reminds them of the importance of simply getting the horses to be brave and go over the fences at this stage. She expresses the importance of never letting them run out or turn away from the fence. The session focuses less on...
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Balance & Power, Preliminary & Traini...
Five Star Eventer and International Clinician and Coach Doug Payne works with riders on the cross country course to produce more balance and power. In this lesson Doug instills in the riders that is energy created from the leg and comes up through the horse's back into the hand. Using this princ...
