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Balance & Body Control

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Episodes

Improving Softness + Mobility in the HQ of a dressage warmblood

57:14

Showing how the slow walk and HQ yield can effect collection and body control in a positive way

In-depth ridden Explanation of Creating Desire + Perpetual Motion

20:32

In helping this horse to get back in balance, I work on flow and perpetual motion, whilst also opening up the forehand

Helping a horse over sensitive to Legs

13:05

Helping a horse who is over sensitive to legs to trust the legs

Bringing up life through the leg and rein

14:08

Helping a lethargic horse who doesn't pick it's feet up through the legs and rein to improve balance and awareness.

Improving a stiff, rushy trot in an ex race horse

51:24

Full lesson of me training this gazy ex race horse who has a stiff, rushy trot into soft body control and steering. A lot in this one!

Getting better forward in a slow moving horse

16:22

Getting better impulsion by understanding the brace that slowing down through the reins causes

Lighten the Shoulders

09:50

Great groundwork exercise to try

Lifting the Reins (ridden)

18:37

Bringing horse that buries down up for better body control and carriage

Hot Barrel Racing Mare

31:27

Helping a hot, over flexed barrel racing mare to soften

Creating a light, floaty walk in-hand

27:51

Good for lateral work in hand

Creating a Slow, Soft Walk

18:01

Relaxation + Preparation for balanced sideways movement and softening for the HQ yield.

Encouraging the wither to lift

24:58

Helping a slightly dull horse to stop bearing down in the front

Creating better balance and flow: Marvel long reining 2

11:40

Long reining with the saddle, freeing up his feet and softening

One Thing at a Time

02:40

Do one thing at a time

The One Rein Start

19:06

Helping a young horse to find steering and movement

Rein intention

01:10

How to give your horse room to step across

Understanding feel

06:58

A short explanation of how to train a horse to understand feel with the rein

Reducing a front brace

06:56

Helping a big brace in front and base of neck

Teaching HQ & FQ turns

11:41

In depth: teaching HQ & FQ turns & better body control

Putting HQ & FQ together

24:58

In depth: More on FQ + putting HQ & FQ yield together

Softening the body (1)

16:22

Softening body and mind in a young dressage mare (part 1)

Improving softness + balance

12:10

Following a dressage mare (part 2)

Sideways (undersaddle)

16:31

Marvel ridden work (4): How to use the reins to direct sideways: leg yielding with reins on Marvel

Slow Walk

13:59

Lateral work with Marvel (3): Using the slow walk to prepare for lateral work

Soft bend into circle

14:47

Carrying a softer bend into the circle & freeing up the shoulders

Move softly into the rein

32:00

Worried cow horse (part 1): moving softly into the rein on a horse that rushes on forehand in turns

Getting lighter shoulders

02:04

Helping a warmblood to lead into the HQ yield

The mounting block

16:57

Helping horses at the mounting block

Improving the trot (Part 1)

14:09

Trotting - loosening & lengthening a tight show pony (part 1)

Improving the trot (Part 2)

06:29

Trotting - loosening & lengthening a tight show pony (part 2)

Body control

41:04

Body control through reins (on Gracie)

Improving balance

25:29

Worried cow horse (part 2): Using the back up & hindquarter turns to help improve balance

Relaxing an anxious mare with reins

12:57

Relaxing & balancing an anxious, bendy mare with reins + seat

The invisible prison

16:21

Steering inside the invisible prison

Inside hind control

11:17

Gaining better control of inside hind through rein

Moving the HQ

05:12

First lesson in starting to move the HQ with legs

Gaining shoulder control

06:42

Shoulder control with reins, stopping him leaking out

Opening up the shoulders

07:52

Ground work

Indirect rein

04:59

Teaching a horse to move its hips with an indirect rein

Hover calmly + find open rein

18:30

Getting a horse to hover calmly/ find an open rein

Helping a braced horse to balance

16:15

Teaching a braced horse to move, turn and balance

Indirect rein positioning

01:42

The angle of the indirect rein

Kicking other horses

11:38

Educating an ex-pacer who kicks other horses he doesn't like

Doesn't like legs

02:03

Moving hips on a horse that doesn't like legs

Helping ex show horse under saddle

20:38

How I apply the reins to gain connection with a previously highly anxious horse

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