Half Pass, flying changes and shoulder in work with Alex Gerding

This mare warms up beautifully, and Ms. Peters asks for the rider to be particular in her expectations. They work through a mild spook in the corner by making sure she is honest in the right rein. In the canter, they check for flexion in both directions and the ability to move the shoulders. S...

This mare warms up beautifully, and Ms. Peters asks for the rider to be particular in her expectations. They work through a mild spook in the corner by making sure she is honest in the right rein. In the canter, they check for flexion in both directions and the ability to move the shoulders. S...

How to improve the canter half pass, and flying changes with Jan Brink

How to improve the canter half pass, and flying changes with Jan Brink

Half pass and flying change work with Martin Schaudt

Catherine Haddad brings us a lesson with Casey Dornan Nilsson riding a seven year old, Willie, who has been on DTO in previous videos. They begin by making sure that he is working behind. Since the last video he has become more uphill with better connection and balance. They show a wonderful ...

Catherine Haddad brings us a lesson with Casey Dornan Nilsson riding a seven year old, Willie, who has been on DTO in previous videos. They begin by making sure that he is working behind. Since the last video he has become more uphill with better connection and balance. They show a wonderful ...

How to Prepare for the Flying Change with Lotje Schoots

How to mentally approach the one tempi's with Hilda Gurney

In this section, Martin feels the gait has been compromised, so he takes the rider back to work to improve that before they can move on. Next, they move into working on the flying changes, which aren't what they should be at first. They focus on the rhythm and gait and getting the poll to soften ...

Oliver prepares his assistant beautifully for flying change work. He then moves on to a lovely explanation and demonstration of using the half halt to increase the swing and hind leg activation. You can easily see a very different movement within this horse. They introduce the half pass with a ve...

Forward and back within the gaits and flying changes with Jan Brink

They move on to the preparing for the canter after a walk break.  They continue asking him to move forward while being soft in the hand.  Cesar asks for the same aids for the down transition, making sure it comes from the seat and keeps the hindquarters active.  they work on transitions within th...

Hubertus gives his advice on training the flying changes.

We join Daniel Martin Dockx in Spain as he rides the 8 year old Oxido, a pure Spanish horse showing PSG.  He begins his session with 15 minutes of walk with very long reins and then picks up the trot while stretching without changing his speed.  He shows a great example of collecting the steps wh...

After a break Daniel makes sure the walk is correct before trotting. He reestablishes the trot, checks the half halt and then asks for an extended trot. He shows a good canter with impulsion, and he collects easily so he keeps the collected sections short. This prepares him to work on the pirou...

On to the flying changes. When he runs after the changes, Daniel collects him and they work on the fours. He shows what to do when the horse becomes tense in one rein or the other. The horse shows some tension in the work, and Daniel calmly works him through this ending with successful threes. ...

Hubertus gives his advice on training the flying changes.

Great Britain's Gareth Hughes describes the flying change and some of the common problems that can arise when teaching the change. He covers what skills you need to have to introduce this movement for both the horse and rider. He demonstrates his cue for a canter depart and single change, and tal...

We join Daniel Martin Dockx in Spain as he rides the 8 year old Oxido, a pure Spanish horse showing PSG.  He begins his session with 15 minutes of walk with very long reins and then picks up the trot while stretching without changing his speed.  He shows a great example of collecting the steps wh...

Flying Changes, A Dressage Riders Nightmare? - Uwe Spenlen

Hilda presents this session on flying changes for green riders, talking about common problems that arise when learning the changes.  Riders often use their weight aids in such a way that they get unintended changes while struggling to keep the horse on the rail. By teaching the rider to sit to us...