Saddle Slip Quick Fix With Randi Thompson

Saddle Slip Quick Fix with Randi Thompson featured by Dressage Hub


This is an amazing awareness exercise that will change your balance in the saddle. All you need is a calm safe horse. The Saddle Slipping Quick Fix will improve your riding position and influence in ways that will take you (or your students) to a new level of success in their riding. Expect to be shocked when you realized that you are not keeping your riding position as balanced as you thought it would be. Remember as you practice this, or use it in coaching your riders, that the changes you feel are going to challenge you as more likely than not, your riding position has been out of balance for a long time. I teach this technique to professionals and they are all surprised at how far out of balance they had become. I would love to hear what happens when you try this Horse and Rider Awareness exercise. What did you discover?

How to Apply the Half Halt In Transitions

How are you using your riding position to prepare your horse for a half halt or transition? 



This is from Dressage Hub "From training level to Grand Prix the half halt is one of the most essential tools for the dressage rider or any rider for that matter. To be able to communicate effectively with your horse to prepare them for transitions, prepare them for the next movement, collect the gait and rebalance them there are very few movements in dressage that do not engage the half halt." In this video submission from dressage trainer Randi Thompson we look at the beginning steps of the half halt and how to teach your horse what it means. Taking the time to lay the foundation of the half halt will pay off immensely as you move up the levels with your dressage horse. You can watch more of Randi Thompson's videos in our Training Level and First Level Playlists at: Dressage Hub.com