<< In the walk Annesophie is asked to push Casper more forward into a steady contact and keep him straight through his body whilst carrying her hands and not allowing him to fall onto the forehand.
After 45 minutes of exercises, Casper is happily accepting the contact moving forward with a good rhythm and is more balanced and starting to use his back properly. Annesophie is now riding from leg to hand which is helping Casper as opposed to hindering and as you can see this creates a much better picture than the start. Annesophie finished the lesson by walking Casper on a long rein for 5 to 10 minutes to cool off and give him a reward. >>
Step by Step Step 1) Warm up for ten minutes (walking, change of rein, trot and canter). Step 2) Start gentle exercises and encouraging the horse to work through from behind into a steady contact. Step 3) Start using school movements to make the horse work laterally. Step 4) Work on improving transitions and vary tempo within each gait (e.g. Working trot to medium trot). Step 5) Cool off for ten minutes (walking, allowing the horse to stretch and help the horse to recover from exercise). Shelley says... Warm up and cool down are as important in a lesson as the lesson itself as horses need to warm up their muscles, get the blood flowing around the body, loosen up and chill out ready for hard work. I was pleased with Annesophie and Casper as they both worked very hard and had a very good result. RightRein Page 7. May 2011