Before you begin to ask of your horse what I am asking of Beamer, you need to do lots of preliminary work. First ask for just soft lateral bending. Once my mini understands that , I ask for lateral bending that involves breaking the poll and moving the shoulder. Finally I ask for lift. But, this exercise is not one that I begin with! I can only ask this of a horse that is soft on the bit and understands lateral movement.
Remember that collection starts from the hind end. Thus, you will hear me clucking while I play with positioning his head. This is to keep him driving from the hind and to keep impulsion happening. Beamer is so much "go" that a cluck is all that is needed. If you have a horse that is dead to the cluck.....you are going to have to get them moving when you ask for impulsion. That can be accomplished in the round pen most easily.
Remember that collection starts from the hind end. Thus, you will hear me clucking while I play with positioning his head. This is to keep him driving from the hind and to keep impulsion happening. Beamer is so much "go" that a cluck is all that is needed. If you have a horse that is dead to the cluck.....you are going to have to get them moving when you ask for impulsion. That can be accomplished in the round pen most easily.
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ReplyDeleteI'm a novice but want to learn the right way to do things , I just love your videos , so informative
ReplyDeleteIm a novice trying to learn the correct way to do things , I find you videos very informative , thank you
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