Focus on getting more upward tendency. More carriage and stepping under. Using transitions to gain this upward tendency. Work toward getting immediacy in the upward and downward transition, getting the horse very sharp.

Shoulder-in exercises. Renver and traver are beginning to be used, and the change in seat, the importance of sitting in the direction of the movement needs to happen for success.

Axel really pushes the importance of the rider weighting her inside leg in renver.

Alex Gerding with Chrissa Hoffmann on Breyere training at Second Level

Alex Gerding with Chrissa Hoffmann on Breyere training at Second Level.

Alex Gerding training Caryn Vesperman at Second Level

Alex Gerding training Caryn Vesperman at Second Level.

Alex Gerding training Caryn Vesperman at Second Level

Alex Gerding training Caryn Vesperman at Second Level

2nd Level, Through The Levels - Janet Foy & Steffen Peters

2nd Level, Through The Levels - Janet Foy & Steffen Peters

2nd Level, Through The Levels - Janet Foy & Steffen Peters

2nd Level, Through The Levels - Janet Foy & Steffen Peters

2nd level practice test and feedback from Courtney King-Dye.

2nd level practice test and feedback from Courtney King-Dye

2nd level practice test and feedback from Courtney King-Dye

2nd level practice test and feedback from Courtney King-Dye

Hilda Gurney rides one of her four year olds , and as they warm up she explains how she warms up a youngster.  Her two goals of the warm up are to warm the horse up physically and to get them responsive to the aids.  She keeps him round and moving forward, and works on changing the bend through t...

Hilda teaches all her young horse to leg yield in the canter, both to and from the rail.  When she adds the medium canter she first does it on a circle.  He will be shown at First Level and in the Young Horse test, so she also works on the counter canter with am emphasis on keeping the balance. S...