Tag: dressage rider training
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I Never Expected This!
At the start of this week my coach Belinda Trussell said she wanted to make my horse, Biasini , more sensitive to the aids. She came up and took hold of my lower leg and demonstrated how light she wanted my leg aid to be. Let me tell you it was a feather touch! Then…
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Control Less. Create More.
Control less. Create More! Eddo Hoekstra This is a wonderful quote from coach and trainer Eddo Hoekstra. My daughter took lessons with Eddo and he encouraged me to get back to riding after 30 years away from horses. Eddo’s discipline is dressage and so began my dressage journey. I have always understood the words of…
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Discipline, Details and the 20m Circle.
I am riding , training and competing at the FEI Intermediare 1 level. So riding a 20 meter circle should be a simple task for me . Right? Not so fast. In a lesson this week I warmed up while my coach Belinda Trussell, watched. I must have been a bit ‘la di da’ about…
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The Weight of the Reins
How much do your reins weigh? Well this could be a deeply metaphorical image for getting your life under control but fear not….I am just talking about the reins in your hands when you ride a horse. In dressage the ultimate goal is to have the contact with the horse so light that you only…
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Gratitude!
Thank you!
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Are you riding a Square or a Parallelogram?
For a racehorse a parallelogram is ok. but not for a dressage horse.
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The Horse, The Rider and the Cantilever.
Lou Denizard gives another “outside the box” training tip.
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Inside? Outside? Which side? Which way?
I tell my students they are ‘peeing on the hydrant’ when I see that leg come away from the horse’s side.
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The Retirement Ceremony for my Gallbladder!
Now…for the good news!