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- Lateral Flexion is the Key to Vertical Flexion
- This article discusses some problems you may encounter when teaching lateral flexion : 1. The horse doesn't want to go forward. 2. He tries to kick at your spurs and switches his tail. 3. Instead of softening, he will "lock up" and try running backwards.
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- Lateral Flexion is the Key to Vertical Flexion (part I)
- One thing all horse enthusiasts throughout the world have in common is they all
want softness and collection both in mind and body of their horse. The horse world
continually craves knowledge, understanding and a simpler way of gaining control
without having to fight with their horse. To get it, there is an endless supply of
information in books and videos. One thing lacking is the realism and
understanding between the trained horse in the book or video and the
disrespectful, disobedient behavior a lot of horse owners are faced with everyday.
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- Lateral Flexion is The Key to Vertical Flexion with horses
- One thing all horse enthusiasts throughout the world have in common is they all want softness and collection both in mind and body of their horses. The horse world continually craves knowledge, understanding and a simpler way of gaining control without having to fight with their horse. To get it, there is an endless supply of information in books and videos. One thing lacking is the realism and understanding of the difference between the trained horse in the book or video and the disrespectful, disobedient behavior a lot of horse owners are faced with everyday.
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- Learning Leads
- Teaching a horse to pick up the desired lead at the
canter is a necessary part of his education. Many of the training problems
that people approach me with concern leads, so hopefully what follows will
take the mystery out of the process.
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- Ready, Headset, Go!
- Developing proper head carriage is not achieved by tinkering with restrictive training aids
and working with just the head. It's part of a package. In order to develop a proper
headset, you must work with the horse's whole body. Western pleasure horses must
perform each gait effortlessly, execute transitions smoothly and move at a relaxed and
steady pace. All of this requires proper balance, and if the body and legs aren't balanced,
then the head and neck won't be, either. Proper head carriage is part of the western
pleasure horse's overall performance, not a point in space where its head hangs.
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- Riding Disciplines: the reining rider and reining horse
- THE REINING HORSE:
Any horse can be taught to do specific reining exercises. However, keep in mind that the conformation and disposition of the horse being trained are very large factors. Some horses may have conformational limitations that prevent them from executing an exercise that other horses are capable of.
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- The How’s and Why’s of Neck Reining
- Steering with one hand
adds an extra level of finesse to a western horse. It is always
appropriate to ride a horse with one hand when using a curb (or
leverage) bit, but teaching a horse to neck rein can be a mystery to
many riders.
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- Welcome To The World of Reining
- You sit on the sidelines of a perfectly groomed arena. Two judges are seated in chairs along one side of the arena with a scribe setting next to each judge. A single horse and rider team enters the arena and proceeds toward the center; they pause at the center, and without any detectable effort, the rider guides the horse into spins to the right. The spins start out slow and correct, and gradually gain momentum, just when you think the pair can't spin any faster, the horse stops perfectly straight on facing the judges just as accurately as they started. You hear various whoops and "yeas" emanating from the crowd.
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- What is collection? How do I collect my horse?
- Collection is: the bringing together of both ends of the horse for the purpose of lifting and lightening the forehand.
In order to have collection, you must first have impulsion. What is impulsion? Impulsion is the energy that is created in the hindquarters to move the horse forward. If the horse his "pulling" himself along with his forehand, he does not have impulsion. When he is instead "pushing" with his hindquarters to get forward movement, he has impulsion.
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- www.equusite.com - Pivot/Turn on the Haunches
- The pivot is an advanced movement which demonstrates to judges (and to other riders) your horse's high degree of responsiveness and training. The pivot will improve your position and also prepare your horse up for the perfect canter departure. You can use this movement in any western or huntseat rail event
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