As Laura begins to work with this pair in the walk, she has the rider determine whether the horse is giving the rider the feel in the rein that they want. They post the trot to warm up, and make sure that they use the aids only as needed. They decide to do Category/Movement/Lateral|, and also do some changes. Laura asks that they march in the walk, and in preparation for the counter canter they do some walk canter transitions. Laura asks them for a leg yield in the counter canter with a change of bend but no flying change.
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Forward is the Way to Think, Part One
As Laura begins to work with this pair in the walk, she has the rider determine whether the horse is giving the rider the feel in the rein that they want. They post the trot to warm up, and make sure that they use the aids only as needed. They decide to do Category/Movement/Lateral|, and also do ...
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Focus on the Contact | Chrissa Hoffma...
Chrissa presents Scrabble in his third video on DTO. We last saw him a year ago in the video Acceptance of the Bit, Advanced Trng, and before that in 2012 in a video called 3/24/12, Warming Up, Lateral Exercises& Canter Exercises for the Young Horse. Chrissa is taking a year off of showing him ...
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Focus on the Contact | Chrissa Hoffma...
They continue the canter, testing that he can both collect and do the medium with the same contact. In the walk she asks for half steps to change the shape of his croup and get him lighter. Once again in the canter she works on elevating his front end while keeping him light before moving on to t...