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Working on Circles with an Amateur Rider | Tim Christensen
Western Dressage
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3m 9s
Tim helps one of his students riding an Arabian/Trakehner cross work on 20-meter circles in a 20m x 40m arena. He uses a toy train analogy to help explain how to keep roundness in the circles.
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