Steffen Peters – Schooling a Prix St. Georges Horse – Day 2 Part 3
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Steffen Peters and the rider work on schooling piaffe. Steffen explains the rider needs to use her legs to correct the piaffe, not maintain the piaffe. He also wants to think about this work playfully. They might do some different movements in between and then test a little piaffe to see if it is possible. The goal is to create expression without tension.
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