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Month: April 2020

Counterbend

8. April 202026. February 2022 / Juliana Zunde / Leave a comment

The counter bend is a great exercise to help the horse become supple and through. Suppleness comes from lateral, throughness from longitudinal. By asking for the counter bend I make my horse more responsive to the inside leg. The biggest mistake made in this exercise is to use too much inside hand and try to … Continue reading Counterbend

Leg To Hand

8. April 202026. February 2022 / Juliana Zunde / Leave a comment

Our experienced and green horses learn to move off the leg with energy and impulsion. We need this impulsion to then meet the hand so we can create positive tension between leg and hand to where the horse comes off the leg and arrives in the hand. The degree to which the rider asks the … Continue reading Leg To Hand

Serpentine

8. April 202026. February 2022 / Juliana Zunde / Leave a comment

Here's a wonderful exercise to help you become more effective in bending the horse from one direction to the other. Remember all your horse has to know is how to turn right, turn left, go forward and come back. Timing of the sequence of changing the aids from one bend to the other is crucial … Continue reading Serpentine

Videos on the Hourglass Exercise (Figure 8)

3. April 202026. February 2022 / Juliana Zunde / Leave a comment

This exercise asks you and your horse to take part of a circle, connect it to a straight line and change direction. This is asked in the show ring, regardless of which discipline, Jumpers, Hunters, Dressage. You can increase the difficulty by adding a cavaletti like we did or even a small oxer or vertical. … Continue reading Videos on the Hourglass Exercise (Figure 8)

Video on the Circle Exercise III

3. April 20203. April 2020 / Juliana Zunde / Leave a comment

This again starts with a basic circle but this time we change direction out of the circle and combine it with the earlier counter bend exercise. For a more advanced horse and rider we added a canter transition at the point where counter bend turns back into the true bend.

Video on the Circle Exercises I and II

3. April 202026. February 2022 / Juliana Zunde / Leave a comment

Here's a basic example of how to create a proper circle and change direction through the circle without loosing temp, rhythm and balance.

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