Transitions within the gaits, half pass, and lateral work

Transitions within the gaits, half pass, and lateral work

Judy Reynolds encourages forward gaits with more bending in the corners in the warm-up.

Judy has them ride leg yields and shoulder in at the trot to prepare for the half pass.

They now ride the canter half pass with great direction from Gary on where to start and end the movement as well as the size of stride needed to ride the movement well.

Allison Brock works with this junior rider on a 10 year old Dutch mare, competing at FEI junior levels. She helps her with the use of her aids in the lateral work to get to the mare back leg. They work on great exercises to get more bend.

These exercises are applied to the left lead canter. The haunches in helps the mare with the bend and half pass.

They now do these exercises in the right lead canter. Allison gives a very thorough explanation of how to deal with a half pass where the haunches are trailing. They rise to the challenge of doing a canter half pass from the Grand Prix Special!

Shoulder in, half pass, canter pirouette - Henk Van Bergen

Shoulder in, half pass, canter pirouette - Henk Van Bergen

Shoulder in, half pass, canter pirouette - Henk Van Bergen

Shoulder in, half pass, canter pirouette - Henk Van Bergen

Shoulder in, Changes, half pass - Henk Van Bergen

Shoulder in, Changes, half pass - Henk Van Bergen

Shoulder in, Changes, half pass - Henk Van Bergen

Pirouetes, Half Pass, Changes with Axel Steiner

Pirouetes, Half Pass, Changes with Axel Steiner

Pirouetes, Half Pass, Changes with Axel Steiner

Pirouetes, Half Pass, Changes with Axel Steiner

After a short canter they perform the half pass and medium trot, making sure the connection is good through all transitions.  In preparation for the walk pirouette Juan makes sure the walk is relaxed, and demonstrates the need for having the horse positionable in any way the rider desires.  Juan ...

Adelinde starts off emphasizing what she has through out each lesson, rhythm, speed control and balance.  They begin with some suppling exercises for this third level pair.

Adelinde starts off emphasizing what she has through out each lesson, rhythm, speed control and balance.  They begin with some suppling exercises for this third level pair.

Adelinde starts off emphasizing what she has through out each lesson, rhythm, speed control and balance.  They begin with some suppling exercises for this third level pair.

They continue with shoulder-in to the half pass before going to the canter work. Cesar continues to ask them to stay in the shoulder-in position. They perform canter-walk transitions and then a half circle to the counter canter. As they repeat the above to the other direction, the horse sits more...