FIRC Spring Out of Mothballs Riding Clinic
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FIRC Spring Out of Mothballs Riding Clinic
Goals: What do I want to do with my horse?
Balance• Why does it matter? For everyday? For advanced
skills and competition?
Balance
The Unbalanced Horse
• Leans on the bit• Rushes• Can be tense• No light, even, elastic and “living” contact with
rein because horse leans on the bit• Forging because horse’s toe hits ground before
heal• stumbling
On the Forehand
Embedded deeply in the horse’s psyche and muscles.
Exercises and GaitsTrotCavaletti or PolesCorrect Canter DepartRiding UphillJumping
Putting forward & down into practice: stretching the topline
• Warm-up and Cool Down• Alternating collection and stretching
What goes wrong?
The Bridge to Balance
From this
To This
Engagement, Mission
• A ______________|______ B
• A ________|_____________B
Building the Back of the Bridge
• Riding Curved Lines
3 tracks 4 tracks not shoulder-in
Riding Curved Lines
Shoulder-fore Shoulder-in three tracks
What Can go Wrong?
• Natural Crookedness of the Horse
HollowShortStiffStrongContractedconcave
HollowShortStiffStrongContractedconcave
RoundLongSoftWeakElongatedConvex
Naturally crooked to leftNaturally crooked to right
So What?
• Natural Crookedness of the Horse
Easy to the leftDifficult to the rightStiff, resistant to rightToo much bend to leftTend to fall out of left circleTend to fall into right circleRider and saddle shift rightLeft stirrup feels shorter
Easy to the rightDifficult to the leftStiff, resistant to leftToo much bend to rightTend to fall out of right circleTend to fall into left circleRider and saddle shift leftright stirrup feels shorter
Irregular rhythmShort stridedLeaningStiffLazyDefective gaitsBack problemsTongue over bitCrooked in neckNervousnessDisunited canterRushingPanicbolting
Naturally crooked to left Naturally crooked to right
Riding Curved Lines
Exercises for straightness and to strengthen the carrying ability behind.
• Serpentines• Circles• Lateral Exercises• Crossing over exercises (Magnus)