German master Christoph Hess helps this rider whose horse is severely behind the vertical and ducking behind the bridal. He has the rider use a very long rein with lite contact encouraging the horse to push his nose out to the bit the entire time. Improvement can be seen at the end of this first video.
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Flying Changes | Catherine Haddad | P...
The focus is how to hold your hands, how to think of the correct bit contact and the importance of making your horse always be forward and in front of the leg.
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Flying Changes | Catherine Haddad | P...
Discussion of using the seat to keep the withers up. Catherine also makes big improvements in the flying changes, teaching Annie to use parallel aids.
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Flying Changes | Catherine Haddad | P...
Catherine stresses the point that when her horses head comes up, the answer is to drive her forward, don't try to fix it with your hands. She allows the rider to feel how she must have proper contact before the asks for a proper upward transition.
