Mary teaches Linda Goldman, a new student, in this three part video on Charcoal, a mid-teen Thoroughbred school horse who has foxhunted. Mary works on the planes of up down and back front with Linda to help her find her balance point and thereby influence Charcoals speediness. Mary explains how f...

Question: When do you move your wrists and why?

Question: How do you help a rider whose horse comes behind the contact?

Proper rider position with Axel Steiner

Proper rider position with Axel Steiner

Proper rider position with Axel Steiner

Germany Isabelle von Neumann-Cosel works with a rider who has had several hip operations. A lovely rider, this young lady is also a champion vaulter. She currently rides a large horse whose movement is different from the other vaulting horses she ridden. Isabelle helps the rider adjust her positi...

In this video, Germany Isabelle von Neumann-Cosel works again with the rider who has had several hip operations. This time they work solely on the longe.

U.S. dressage rider Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel works with the vaulting rider who worked with Isabelle in the earlier video. While Isabelle worked on the rider position, Felicitas helps focus more on the horse and how to get him moving correctly and comfortably.

Edward Gal helps this rider improve her horse's obedience and responsiveness and shows her how to stop her horse from leaning on one rein or the other.

Nancy Later Lavoie brings us a short tutorial on riding from the inside leg to outside rein.

Nancy Later Lavoie demonstrates how to hold the reins of a snaffle bridle.

Nancy Later Lavoie begins a series of tutorials with discussing and demonstrating the correct stirrup length for dressage.

Nancy Later Lavoie explains the sequence of steps in the canter, and then guides us through the preparation for the canter depart. She also offers invaluable tips on how to deal with problems with the depart as well as strategies on how to create the best depart in the test. She demonstrates t...

We join Gary as this pair warms up, and he encourages the rider to ask for a lower frame to let him stretch his back. They use a three loop serpentine and bending to help him release and swing through his back.  By increasing the bend and then releasing when he gives the horse comes more on the bit.

Gary now has them ride the shoulder in and then they take a walk break.  Gary explains that with this type of horse you always have to ask for a little more than they offer; in the walk they need to be on the edge of the trot, and in the trot at the edge of canter.  He points out that when she as...

After a walk break Gary has them do half turns on the haunches while keeping the walk steps quicker and sMoller.  He coaches her to keep the walk rhythm by quickening her seat. They do walk canter transitions and then the three loop serpentine with no change of lead.

Mary begins her private lesson with this rider by finding out what they have come to the clinic to accomplish. She fist observes them at walk, trot and canter. As they go to trot the horse speeds up and Mary points out that the only way to fix the horse is to be aware of what her body is doing. S...

In the next video, the rider walks on while bearing down. Mary asks her if her push down is stronger than her pull on the reins, pointing out that if the pull is stronger it is like riding with the handbrake on. Mary explains how the reins should feel in the rider's hands and then introduces the ...

The rider struggles with the idea of bearing down, so Mary gives her tips on how to grasp the idea. As this improves, she encourages the rider to avoid over use of her seat bones. When the horse jogs, she explains why her body position caused this to happen and what she can do to keep him from jo...

In the final video, Mary challenges the rider to use her new tools in the trot. As the horse rushes off, the rider works on the her new-found body awareness to properly influence the horse versus pulling back on the reins.

As Dr. Ulf Moller teaches a lesson with this three year old gelding he asks the rider for a steady contact and to keep him coming from behind to the bit. With his conformation, he has the rider ask for a falling neck. They work to keep an even tempo and keep him straight.

As Dr. Ulf Moller teaches a lesson with this three year old gelding he asks the rider for a steady contact and to keep him coming from behind to the bit. With his conformation, he has the rider ask for a falling neck. They work to keep an even tempo and keep him straight.

Courtney King-Dye-Dye works with a new client and horse competing at Fourth Level.  They have let her know that the horse is tough in the mouth, and Courtney has them start by explaining an effective half halt while riding the volte at the walk.  She has the rider add the leg to keep him from slo...