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Ryeissa

Well chisamba AB uses this exercise and does all the higher level work. Have you read the German handbook of riding? This is exactly how they teach piaffe. These rotations on the circle asking for trot. The Valenca’s use this exercise all the time. It’s one of their cornerstones. Yet they train hor...

Ryeissa

also SI only encourages weighting the outside shoulder if the horse goes through the outside rein instead of to the outside rein. the SI correctly used lightens the outside shoulder because it shortens the distance between inside hind and outside front in an uphill manner. if you find it weights th...

Ryeissa

Rye it’s the same concept just one is on a circle which is how I usually do this exercise and one is incorporating straight lines in between the turns. The benefit is that it teaches the horse to mobilize the haunches without going forward. Mark called this advance the haunch. AB calls it stepping ...

Ryeissa

Well I’m not a huge JJ Tate fan look at this video. It shows what I am describing and here the horse is straigter https://youtu.be/OhJWvKtzfTY This work is not about SI or HI but about mobilization of the hips and teaching the horse it’s not always about forward Right, It isn't about SI and that is...

Ryeissa

Yes that straightness works toward collected. It encourages the engagement of the sling SI while helps with straightening is not as beneficial for elevating the sling. It encourages the horse to weight more the outside shoulder instead of elevating both shoulders. Try riding SI to renvere and feel ...

Ryeissa

I've been trying to pick apart segments of all the 2nd and 3rd tests- where it makes sense. Dude, that SI to 10m 1/2 circle in 2:2 was much harder than I first assumed,but getting it worked out. Half pass is fine, working on the setup more than the actual HP at this point. TOH is finally getting to ...

Ryeissa

I was going to say SQUISHY, not Squisky, but I happen to think that made me laugh. So I leave it in.

Ryeissa

Rye you do both. The straighter is for more towards collection and piaffe type work the bend is more towards SI type work or renvere if you rotate into the bend. Cedar was saying last clinic with more collection there is less bend the horse is more vertical. Shorter in the base in the first video t...

Ryeissa

ok, maybe I'm dumb here but in the JJ Tate video the horse is pretty straight. Wouldn't you want bend to encourage the inside/outside shaping/alignment? Nice exercise though- thanks for sharing! Always looking for tools. For baby horses I've been taught to use TOF to get leg response, or spiral in/o...

Ryeissa

StraightForward wrote: you just have to be willing to go out and do the same thing every day. You might not think anything is happening, but it is.

thats every horse....

Ryeissa

My two cents from amateur hour - I would shorten the reins about 1". The reins MIGHT be at the point were they are too long for this stage in her development. It might just be a touch past the "point of best influence" (my term) where the bit sits at the corner of her mouth and you h...

Ryeissa

My two cents from amateur hour - I would shorten the reins about 1". The reins MIGHT be at the point were they are too long for this stage in her development. It might just be a touch past the "point of best influence" (my term) where the bit sits at the corner of her mouth and you ha...

Ryeissa

Updated videos from our lesson today. Cantering was off the table due to having a sarcoid removed from her chest and hence no martingale. She is doing so well with lunging now that I was actually able to carry on a conversation while warming her up W/T/C both ways before our ride. We were getting c...

Ryeissa

Yield their shoulders to the outside rein. The outside rein controls the turning if the shoulders ok, interesting. I don't do this but my bad habit is to overly cross the outside rein over withers. I bring my outside shoulder OUT to the side more so there is space to fill coming from my inside seat...

Ryeissa

Rye they do long lining and double lunging as well The line on the outside teaches the horse to yield to the outside rein. This work also gets the horse really in tune with what the handler is asking. Has anyone seen the lunging with a neck rope only? Similar concept. One of the new exercises Cedar...

Ryeissa

to what purpose? This would be my question as well. I think it is impressive coordination for sure! But I'm not sure what benefit it has for horse. If the goal is changing directions it seems like that might better done at liberty as it seems as if the line isn't really serving any real purpose. It...

Ryeissa

I get 9s on my stretching trot. I think it's just good riding and straightness. Using biomechanic principles (Mary Wanless) has been essential for me to help the horse carry over the topline

Ryeissa

khall wrote:So impressive watching Cedar with these horses. She is fearless in trying out of the box work. This work originated from JP

https://fb.watch/5n0lWrLyEk/

not my thing for safety reasons but interesting!

Ryeissa

oh! lovely and good value!

Ryeissa

aaand now my horse is fine.....

Ryeissa

thanks.... its so weird.

Ryeissa

My horse just had a super bad reaction this year too. Strange. Scary. Prior shots were flu/rhino and lyme- no issuse last month This week: rabies, potomac combined and then WNV (same day). Again, if I didn't know the horse was fine before.....I would think something neurological.... not bad just ver...

Ryeissa

blob wrote:
StraightForward wrote:
Annabelle is chugging along. We tried cantering some cavaletti last night to rather awkward results. I think she is confused on what is a jump and what is a cavaletti right now.

The first time i introduced MM to raised trot poles, she took all 4 in one giant leap

over-achiever ....LOL

Ryeissa

Congratulations Tanga nice rides. Thank you for sharing the videos. I don't know if it's my age, stress or a combination of both but I'm finding this time around trying to ride in a true third level frame being not exactly exhausting; but I'm struggling with finding the inner strength to carry it t...

Ryeissa

Very min of 4 per week. I find as I go up in the levels the need for fitness keeps going beyond what I imagined.

I try for 1 lesson a week min

Lately as we do more collection I have found that it helps to do more frequent but shorter sessions.

Ryeissa

Trying to get more towards third level over the summer (sans FC).
Match the inside and outside aids- I forget there are two sides of the horse LOL- it really comes back to bite me in the half pass

Ryeissa

oh dear--that sounds rough.

Ryeissa

I would argue otherwise. The weight on the front legs alone is problematic. I doubt a horse trained in this fashion is going to stay sound long term. Sure, it's not helpful but not in the same league as RK. Still let's just all ride properly and not worry about it, They both break horses. And perso...

Ryeissa

simple double jointed loose ring- 20mm
no spurs

Ryeissa

Ryeissa it reminds me of western pleasure riders (I say that as someone who rode WP long ago.) Or Hunter under saddle. So basically everything I was taught to not do once I started riding dressage. Will has them more forward but no difference in the riding style from what I remember. (Early 2000's....

Ryeissa

It's just so repulsive to me to place a horse's head and more importantly balance in such an unatural position whether you're on contact or not. The horse is dumped down on the forehand and all the energy is going into the dirt. The antithesis of dressage. No different than rolkur. It's less damagi...

Ryeissa

Ryeissa it reminds me of western pleasure riders (I say that as someone who rode WP long ago.) Or Hunter under saddle. So basically everything I was taught to not do once I started riding dressage. Will has them more forward but no difference in the riding style from what I remember. (Early 2000's....

Ryeissa

It's just so repulsive to me to place a horse's head and more importantly balance in such an unatural position whether you're on contact or not. The horse is dumped down on the forehand and all the energy is going into the dirt. The antithesis of dressage. No different than rolkur. It's less damagi...

Ryeissa

https://youtu.be/bZgbcoWGVvc It's the hands that get me, broken wrist, puppy dog hands, high and SO busy. Will is even worse, I've seen videos of him leaning WAY back and his elbows behind his body, see sawing. Which is funny because although the posture and action is different, that's so similar t...

Ryeissa

Some of the videos I saw (not sure what ones you are looking at) do show nice- enough riding. (I'm talking maybe 7 yrs ago?) Then you notice the heads are just down and not INTO the contact. Again, don't miss the appeal of a slick marketing campaign. The suggestion that dressage theory is not good e...

Ryeissa

sending new saddle vibes Aleuronx! I waited a LONG time for a bridle part from the UK over the winter, so I feel your pain. I'm glad Kora is better- bummer about snow--- this year is weird for us as we usually get dumped on. Side note: so proud of my horse- I've not been myself for a few months due ...

Ryeissa

Great schooling show update: my little rockstar did a steallar 2:1 for 65% with a silly mistake on my part . This was a similar score to 2020 (same test) but I saw a lot of improvement in collection, harmony and overall vibe. Nothing was really a surprise and I have already been working on the weake...

Ryeissa

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Ryeissa

Ryeissa, I totally agree. It sounds good at first, especially for a beginner. BTV=bad Stretching=good. Of course we know there's a lot more to Dressage than that but I can see certain people getting sucked in. It's not so black and white! There are definitely other "programs" out there th...

Ryeissa

Thank you Abby for sharing this with us. I have watched a few of his you tube videos and seen some comments about his training methods. A friend went to a clinic and came back thinking Will walked on water. A trainer I know watched a few videos and made the comment, this guy is a quack :lol: Yet, l...

Ryeissa

Right, I'm talking about a green horse. Yes, I have ridden tons of green horses, in fact that is where I spent most of my time. 30+ horses or so Well I pretty distinctly remember you saying the opposite. Went looking back in fall 2019 when you made a comment that my horse was probably in pain becau...

Ryeissa

Sure, if this was my horse I would start with vet work. It's great if you don't have those problems. The horse looks uneven in several areas of the film to me. But to each their own. I like to be wrong with these things. And yes, horses all push back. All of them :) Let's let straitforward answer, ...

Ryeissa

Rye, this horse is very green and doesn't know much about contact, so there really isn't a contact to throw away and trying to take contact in that moment would ensure that she stopped. However, the lunging in side reins is working out really well, and I'm optimistic that it will transfer into the ...

Ryeissa

I guess I am not seeing it. If the shoulders are falling in relative to the haunches, not moving the shoulders out will just get me a horse that is moving with the LH out, not a horse that is bending in the direction of travel? I've been watching her on the lunge more closely now that lunging isn't...

Ryeissa

nice job Mari! you've come a long way

Ryeissa

I would try LY - you need to connect the horse to the outside rein before anything else. TOF isn't going to help that inside to outside connection. That teaches the horse to move off the leg, but doesn't really have much value in this case based on my experience. I think you are dropping the contact...

Ryeissa

OH no! Sending my sympathy.

Ryeissa

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Ryeissa

thanks! I think we will give it a few more months and see. I am still very sad about my loss

Ryeissa

Thanks.... I appreciate the post....Its very difficult

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