How to engage the horses' hindquarters.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2024
- How to engage the horses' hindquarters has three exercises to ride every day to encourage the horse to engage his hind end better, lift his shoulders and become softer and lighter to ride. Riding squares is a brilliant way to get the horse to step his inside leg well underneath himself to balance which engages the hind legs. Here is the link for the video working on this exercise for more information. • How to turn the horse ...
The second exercise is the Halt trot transition. It is important as we are teaching the horse to lift up to trot rather than propel forward. • Kirstin Kelly - how to...
The third exercise is canter to walk using the small inwards circle to help the horse to sit down with energy into his hindquarters to walk rather than dropping down with his shoulders.
Remember that when trying to improve the balance of the horse, it is super important that these exercises are ridden every time you school the horse as it isn't a quick fix. It is a matter of strengthening up the correct muscles and making it easier for the horse to go correctly.
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Thank you for telling what the aids are in the beginning. Many videos only say what you need to do (like "get him in front of the leg" or "collect") without telling what that means or how to do it.
Thanks for the lovely feedback
I have been doing these exercises for sometime now and they really do make a difference. Thanks Kirsten for your clear explanations.
That's fantastic to hear Janet. Glad to hear your enjoying the videos.
these videos are so helpful!
Kim Archer Eventing thanks so much for your awesome feedback
Brilliant teacher. I wish I'd had someone to explain to me what And why
Thanks for your awesome feedback , have you visited my channel as I have over 60 videos now
First of all, these videos are great! Really helping my horse! Thank you! However, I do have a question-my horse is a very very “lazy” horse that needs constant encouragement to move forward. I like to avoid using spurs and a dressage whip, but they tend to become essential for our rides to be productive. Are there ways to help this? I try to squeeze with my leg and, when that doesn’t work, I will give a kick, generally followed by a tap with the whip (this series of events will generally work if repeated multiple times). Thank you again! Any advice is appreciated!!
Delaney Williams
I’m sure Kirsten has her own opinion, but personally, I’d recommend you to use a pair of rounded spurs: they won’t scar your horse’s skin and they definitely make a difference when asking for forward movement. You won’t need to use so much pressure (as if you kick repeatedly with your legs, the horse can tighten its tummy and ignore your signals) and your horse will most likely become sharper with the help of spurs.
As for a dressage whip, you can carry in case you need to tap it’s hind end (I usually wear just my spurs, but if a horse is a little bit more stubborn, I like to carry a whip, as I ‘always apply the same pressure with the spurs. That way, if the horse keeps avoiding forward movement I can tap his hind end more efficiently)
The key is not to go overboard with any of theses tools. Always apply a consistent pressure and be pacient!
Laura Navajas Thank you for your input! I will try that and see if it makes a difference with him. I really appreciate it!
I have a youngster like this too Delaney. Am waiting on rounded spurs I purchased before lock down.. :)
some horses are very lazy. Theres a horse at my barn that everyone except his owner (he's a lesson horse now) uses spurs (price of wales) and a crop or dressage whip. I say that you try using your voice and clicking once, then tap with the spurs then demand with the whip. Crops, whip and spurs are an aid for your leg and they should be listening to your leg without everything, but really some can just be lazy.
Hi Delaney, sorry I missed your comment till now. So pleased your enjoying the videos. It sounds like you are on the right track with the way you are using your whip, small squeeze with leg followed by a sharp kick then followed up with tap from the whip. The whip and the spurs are to help you make your sessions easier but neither will fix the issue. Consider for a moment when you've been taught by someone boring, you tune out and get annoyed when they hassle you, same could be happening with your horse. When you school lazy horses , you need to inspire them, every session should be short bursts of interesting work then rest, then another intense burst. Keep him really busy so he forgets to go back to sleep, every ten strides, do something different. A transition with-in the pace , from one pace to another, walk to canter, halt -trot, leg yield, squares, circles. Write down everything you could ride, then tomorrow start doing it all and then you'll have a lazy horse when you start but he will wake up and be interested in your schooling sessions.
I'd love to know how you get on in the comments and check out my website if you need any more tips www.kirstinkellyequestrian.com
Happy riding,
Kirstin
I am so confused just listening. Been riding since I was about 12 but . . . Falling in???? and other terms. Do not know how he knows to start at a canter or at a trott. Looks the same. It all confuse's me. Everyone is so critical😥
Hi Jilleen, Try to not see corrections as criticism. When we school the horse on the flat, we are trying to make him balanced, soft and supple so that's why correcting falling in etc are important. If you would like to understand the falling in issue I have a good video explaining it th-cam.com/video/K4F4-b4ulsw/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps,
Kirstin
You misunderstood what I meant. I do no understand the terminology, and the critical part I mention is from others toward riders and trainers.
Is there a reason the students arms are straight, instead of a relaxed L shape
She's a newbie
Hi, I was wondering what heavy on the shoulder means? Is it the same as on the forehand? And how can you tell that this is the issue?
Hi Caitlin, it’s just another way of thinking about it . When the horse is on the forehand , he will be heavy in front . His shoulders won’t turn easily , he is more likely to bulge out on half the corners and lean in on his stiff rein . When the shoulders are heavy, the horse appears to pull himself with his front legs rather than propelling forward from his back legs with light front feet . The mouth will often be heavy too as he will feel downhill to sit on
The arms tho....
Lupas Wolf it really doesn’t matter unless the rider is pulling the mouth needlessly
Sort her hands out.
Hi Andrea, this channel isn't a professional rider demonstrating the exercises, these are every day riders giving their time to help teach other riders. None of them are perfect, like the rest of us. I'm not sure what's happened in your day to make such a negative, unhelpful comment but please keep all comments constructive .