To finish the ride, they school trot work, including some half-steps, passage and half pass. When asking for cadence in the passage, Steffen still wants the horse to be forward thinking. The steps should be shorter, but higher than the working trot. Anytime the horse gets flat, the rider can think about the increased cadence.
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Endel Ots and Kings Pleasure - Day 1
David Hunt works with Endel Ots, a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist and a Diamond Achievement recipient having also earned all of his Freestyle Bars. He is riding King's Pleasure, an eight-year-old KWPN stallion owned by Heidi Humphries. They are part of the Markel/USDF Dressage Emerging You...
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Endel Ots and Kings Pleasure - Day 2
David Hunt again works with Endel Ots, a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist and King's Pleasure, an eight-year-old KWPN stallion. They build on what they worked on during the first day.
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Prix St Georges Schooling Passage and...
Laura suggests building the passage from the trot rather than the walk. She wants the horse to get a big, bouncy trot before asking him to come back. She advises passaging to the hand rather than bringing the horse back to passage. Similarly, she wants the half-steps to come back from a bouncy, f...
