"Would you like to know how you can teach your horse to take longer steps sideways in the leg yields or lateral work? You are not alone. This is one of the biggest challenges for riders and their horses as they both need to learn a new way to balance while staying connected"
This was the final video of this series with Susan and Beau. What a transformation! Our goal was to ask Beau to stay connected while taking longer steps in a different balance where he is shifting his weight back more to his haunches. As you can see, they have gone to a new level. To do this, we focused on the "bend from behind the saddle". What we also found interesting was the importance of Susan keeping her inside leg and weight softer and her position anchored on the outside (as too much weight or riders leg aids will shift the horses rib cage and back out instead of under the rider on the inside for circles and lateral work) We are very happy with the changes and are happy to share them with you so that you can also see the possibilities with your horse or students. To see more about how we started this process check out this weeks posts or go to our Youtube channel and look in the Playlist area under "bending from behind"
Have you tried this yet? Stay tuned as I will be sharing the same process with Susan and Darrien next. You will see that even a schoolmaster can learn new ways of doing things. :)
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