Piaffe and Spanish Walk training with Alfredo Hernandez

Piaffe and Spanish Walk training with Alfredo Hernandez

Piaffe and Spanish Walk training with Alfredo Hernandez

Piaffe and Spanish Walk training with Alfredo Hernandez

Piaffe and passage work is the focus in this session.

They intersperse short sessions of working with assistance from the ground with a free walk to keep the horse relaxed. Alfredo shows great patience in introducing this work to him. There is a wonderful discussion about their success and the approach Alfredo uses to train these movements.

We join this team in the midst of a warm up at the trot. Alfredo asks for a little piaffe, and after watching this 20 year old gelding work, Alfredo discusses his theory on teaching the piaffe and passage and the role of the transitions. They go to the rail and ask for the piaffe out of the walk.

We join this team in the midst of a warm up at the trot. Alfredo asks for a little piaffe, and after watching this 20 year old gelding work, Alfredo discusses his theory on teaching the piaffe and passage and the role of the transitions. They go to the rail and ask for the piaffe out of the walk.

We join this team in the midst of a warm up at the trot. Alfredo asks for a little piaffe, and after watching this 20 year old gelding work, Alfredo discusses his theory on teaching the piaffe and passage and the role of the transitions. They go to the rail and ask for the piaffe out of the walk.

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

Piaffe, One time changes with Heath Ryan

Piaffe, One time changes with Heath Ryan

Responsiveness with Shannon Peters

Responsiveness with Shannon Peters

Responsiveness with Shannon Peters

Responsiveness with Shannon Peters