Dressage Today is happy to offer a great schooling opportunity to this amazing horse as she shies strongly away from the camera the first time by! Christoph encourages the rider to stay in the shoulder in as he helps the horse work through the hotness. They use the shoulder in on a circle by the camera to help the horse relax. Adding 10-meter circles in the corners increases the obedience and suppleness. It also sets them up for the next exercise of half pass. The next step is shoulder in to half pass to shoulder in to half pass, and we see the horse have more balance and bending in the work.
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Introducing Flying Changes | Christop...
The next goal is the flying change. Even as they walk, Christoph requires that they are more active with a marching walk while stretching. They first do walk“canter“walk transitions. He insists on a sharp, quality canter in front of the rider to prepare her for the changes. They ride a serpentine...
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Introducing Flying Changes | Christop...
Christoph watches how they school the changes on a serpentine with a couple of simple changes, then a flying change. He helps her try to make this work, however he suggests a different way to school them. After producing several disunited changes, they decide to wait until the next day to continu...
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Developing the Changes | Chrissa Hoff...
Chrissa Hoffman rides Faustus, a third level horse that she is helping with the changes. She discovered the issues that led to his flying change problems, and has just gotten him to the point of beginning to work on the tempis. She begins by placing him deep in the neck during the warmup to ke...
