Dale Lassetter Dressage, Training
Riding on a 20 metre large circle, spiral in slowly to a small circle. Keeping your horse flexed to the inside, put your weight forward over your inside hip and push your horse out from the inside leg into your outside rein contact. You should travel evenly out to the original circle, always on the […]
Contact is the connection from the rider’s hands along the reins to the bit in the horse’s mouth. The “feel” should be steady, the same on both sides and the weight in the hand is fairly light- definitely no leaning from the horse against you. This happens when the rider is stiff through the elbows […]
Set up a good regular Working trot, with plenty of energy. Using the long sides of the arena, count the number of steps you make between H and K and then between F and M making sure you can ride the same on both sides. Now, keeping the same impulsion and regularity, work at taking […]
For your horse to understand that you want to move from trot to canter, it is important that the rider gives the question or aid, quietly and the same every time. Never forget that the horse learns by repetition and memory. From trot, sit in a good upright posture in the centre of the saddle. […]
