This is my gift for horse people all over the world.The Horse and Rider Awareness videos follow the training progress of several horses and riders over the years. These techniques have been tested on 1000's of horses and riders and have also been used in instructor training and certification programs.
"Would you like to know how to use the shoulder in or shoulder for to help you balance a horse between your aids? Watch how this horse changes as Trudy focuses more on how connected Melody is staying. This is one of the first times that Melody (who had a lot of issues in the past) started to allow Trudy to keep her balanced like this both mentally and physically. It was very exciting!
This was another break through session asTrudy becomes aware of how to ride (control or influence) Ani's shoulders to keep her more connected. To do this I asked Trudy to "ride" Ani's shoulders. As a result, their balance and connection moved to a new level! Stay tuned for the trot tomorrow.
Could you see the change that happened when Trudy starting riding Ani's shoulders more?
"Trot. Is your horse on your aids? How do you know?"
This is a question that many who ride horses are not sure of. How do you know if your horse is really on your "aids?" What are the steps to connection that you can check so you do know. Watch this video to see how this rider, Trudy, is finally (sometimes it can feel like forever with a horse that has lots of issues) able to keep Melody on the aids for the first time. This was a huge break through.
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The "Movers and Shakers of the Horse World" is a series starring some of the most influential and well known experts in the equine industry. Originally airing in 2012, host Randi Thompson of How to Market Your Horse Business and Horse and Rider Awareness has now joined forces with Carol Aldridge of Equine Office Solutions to continue this ever-popular series.
Now you can meet, listen and talk to "Movers and Shakers of the Horse World" Each month host Randi Thompson invites you to sit down and enjoy a cup of coffee as she talks to the people who have made the biggest impact in the horse world. Each session will be recorded so you can watch and listen to it at any time.
Future eposides of the Movers and Shakers of the Horse World include:
April 14th Wayne L. Williams of Speaking of Horses TV http://www.speakingofhorses.com/
May 11th Fran Jurga http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/
June 9th Christy Lanwehr, Chief Executive Officer of the Certified Horsemanship Association http://www.cha-ahse.org
July 14th Glen the Geek of Horses in the Morning horseradionetwork.com
"Are you ready to finally... ask your horse to stay connected from your seat and legs at the walk? What does that mean?"
There comes a time when a rider and horse are ready to go to a new level of balance and communication. This is Trudy's horse Melody. Melody had some serious issues in the past. It has taken us several years to bring her to this point and now it it is time to ask her to connect between Trudy's rein and leg aids. We would like her to "round up, connect, get packaged" (there are so many words for this). This is still new to Melody and is the perfect opportunity for you to watch what happens when a rider first begins to ask a horse to connect between the reins and the legs of the riders.
Stay tuned as in part 3 for the first time you will see Melody stay connected in the canter!
"What are you doing with your riding position when you ask your horse to back, half halt and move forward? Watch how we isolate what this rider has been doing with her riding position."
We start this session by showing Trudy how to feel what her riding position is doing when she is riding a half halt. That way she will have a better understanding of how this feeling applies to how she is backing Ani. Once Trudy has isolated that feeling, we add it to how she is asking Ani to halt, back up and than move forward again. What is interesting is that you will see Ani's balance and responses improve as Trudy focuses on old habits she needs to change. Watch as Trudy starts exploring the possibilities of what she can do with her riding position.
What did you see changing in how Ani was backing up? Could you see the difference in how Trudy is now using her riding position?
"You have heard people say... Your horse should be balanced so that it's weight is shifted on the inside hind on curves and circles. What does that mean? How can you know if you are doing it right?
This is another blast from the past. This was Season 2 when I first began to show Camille how to balance Polo. We start by having Camille what her riding position should be doing which helps her to become aware of how keeping Polo in balance should work.
Now go out and try this on your horse. What did you experience?
