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If your horse braces through the wither and jams in the neck when you collect the walk in preparation for a walk to canter transition try riding it out of a walk pirouette, to teach the horse how to make little steps behind while being round and loose in front
Use a combination of exercises using light aids to fix a problem instead of going to harder aids. For example- if your horse lacks impulsion in the half pass, try adding a lengthen at the start and end, with the half pass being between the quarter lines.
Ride a forward hind, to a forward hand
Focus on riding the withers up, when you bring the poll up, to maintain the roundness over the top line.
*shoulder in- on the green horse you can use the inside calf in the middle of the horses rib cage to create the bend / angle but as you fine tune the shoulder in the inside calves job is to bend the forward rib cage, while the outside legs job is to wrap the horses pelvis around the inside leg.
If you feel your horse is not uphill, add energy to the current ground cover, till you feel the withers lift. Focus on the balance between the wither and hindquarters over the poll vs hindquarters
Feel for the horse being upright underneath you
In the half pass, feel for the horses pelvis wrapping around your inside leg
The horse that wants to do the job is always going to do a far superior test than the one being forced. Enjoy the connection you have with your horse ❤️🐴
It’s important to teach the horse to have fun in the forward
Little champ!