FLATWORK FEBRUARY #21: QUARTER PIROUETTES
To do a correct pirouette, your horse must take his weight onto his quarters. On the inside track shorten your […]
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FLATWORK FEBRUARY #20: GIVE AND RETAKE
As well as being a required movement in many dressage tests, this exercise is a very good test of your
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #18: LEG YIELD TO CANTER
Trot down the three-quarter line and use your inside leg on the girth to push your horse towards the track,
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #17: THE DEMI-VOLTE
In the corner of the arena, ride a demi-volte, finishing on the track. Carry on the track and turn in
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #16: HAUNCHES-IN
Haunches in, or, more formally, travers, is when the horse is asked to move his hindquarters to the inside line
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #9: THE SIMPLE CHANGE
Yesterday, we looked at the walk-to-canter transition, and today, we add to that by combining it into a simple change.
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #6: THE THREE-LOOP SERPENTINE
A three-loop serpentine is a series of three, equal-sized half circles which form an ‘S’ shape across the arena. Start
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #5: PUSH AND COLLECT
In essence, this exercise asks that you ‘push’ forward on the long side of the arena and ‘collect’ on the
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #4: THE SPIRAL
You can complete this exercise in either walk, trot, or canter. But like with most of these exercises, starting at
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #3: THE FIGURE EIGHT
The Figure 8 is typically done with 20m circles with a change of direction where the two circles join over