With Colonel Carde assisting from the ground they work towards piaffe. It is a great chance to see a trying horse make the connection in training between the use of the whip and the desired action. (Some French included!) They continue until the mare offers a few steps on the spot without the ass...

With Colonel Carde assisting from the ground they work towards piaffe. It is a great chance to see a trying horse make the connection in training between the use of the whip and the desired action. (Some French included!) They continue until the mare offers a few steps on the spot without the ass...

Part 5: Boyd sets up a course including oxers and verticals. The riders ride around, aiming to replicate the jumping shape they achieved in the earlier exercises, and have the horses use their entire body. Boyd assists one rider whose horse tends to fall behind the leg and add, while continuing t...

Part 6: The riders jump a bigger course with wider oxers. They focus on honing the skills they learned in the lesson, and getting a nicely shaped jump while maintaining their position. Boyd works with a rider who has a refusal on her schoolmaster. He reminds her that although the horse is a great...

Schooling the piaffe, passage, and the changes with Chrissa Hoffmann

Schooling the piaffe, passage, and the changes with Chrissa Hoffmann

Schooling the piaffe, passage, and the changes with Chrissa Hoffmann

Schooling the piaffe, passage, and the changes with Chrissa Hoffmann

Jan Bemelmans starts this session with the rider stretching his horse forward and down, alternating between the trot and canter. He has them work in the collected trot, stressing that it needs to be calm.  There is some difficulty with getting passage instead of collected trot, and they work in t...

Janet Foy now leads a lesson on the new Intermediate level that is a springboard for Grand Prix and part of the medium tour.  She also explains the Adult Amateur classes at the FEI levels. The demo rider then rides the Intermediate A test while Janet offers commentary and insights into the moveme...

Janet gives great advice on how to make the most of your horses' conformation and breeding to create the best scores. She works with her on the pirouettes, starting with doing them in the walk.  They discuss her piaffe and if It's appropriate for this level.

Debbie McDonald offers great tips on how to improve your passage and piaffe. She leads this extraordinary pair through exercises to create a straight, forward and relaxed passage. The total running time of this three-part video is 41:30.

Janet works with both on transitions from piaffe to passage.

This fascinating video gives us the opportunity to watch Jan Bemelmans work with a horse who is running into rhythm problems with his piaffe and passage. The calmness and finesse offered as these difficult movements get better and better through the session is a must see. The total running time o...

Canter pirouette, piaffe passage with Colonel Christian Carde

Canter pirouette, piaffe passage with Colonel Christian Carde

Alfredo Hernandez watches this pair warm up and then evaluates what they need to work on in the lesson. He points out that they need to work the front and back end in the piaffe and passage, and that only working the hind end forces them on to the forehand. Alfredo helps from the ground encouragi...

Alfredo Hernandez watches this pair warm up and then evaluates what they need to work on in the lesson. He points out that they need to work the front and back end in the piaffe and passage, and that only working the hind end forces them on to the forehand. Alfredo helps from the ground encouragi...

Two horses start this session on Developing Horses. Gerhard Politz, Dr. Dieter Schule and Axel Steiner watch them warm up and offer suggestions for working on the walk. They warn against a restricting hand, and with the mare, ask for the hind legs to be swinging forward more actively with bendin...

Two horses start this session on Developing Horses. Gerhard Politz, Dr. Dieter Schule and Axel Steiner watch them warm up and offer suggestions for working on the walk. They warn against a restricting hand, and with the mare, ask for the hind legs to be swinging forward more actively with bendin...

Two horses start this session on Developing Horses. Gerhard Politz, Dr. Dieter Schule and Axel Steiner watch them warm up and offer suggestions for working on the walk. They warn against a restricting hand, and with the mare, ask for the hind legs to be swinging forward more actively with bendin...

This beautiful twelve year old Rheinlander begins with an exemplary extended walk. As they begin the trot Juan asks for a lower neck. During the warm up he asks to maintain the contact. They work on transitions within the gait in the shoulder in at the trot.

This beautiful twelve year old Rheinlander begins with an exemplary extended walk. As they begin the trot Juan asks for a lower neck. During the warm up he asks to maintain the contact. They work on transitions within the gait in the shoulder in at the trot.