“My concept of developing horses is a combination of looking to a good suppleness, to be able to straighten. The first step is to stretch the horses forward and down but not by using the rein, I can only do that with a straight horse stepping the hind legs forward to the rein. It can only go to the contact if it’s balanced behind me.”
“When you rise in trot, you take the hind leg with you. So we have to manage the inside leg and outside rein to bend more. We try to help young horses to find the line, straight or bent, but with the contact on the outside rein.”
“Look to the ears to see that he’s straight in front of you. Really work on getting that outside rein contact and getting the inside hind leg to go on the line off the inside leg. Try to take the hind leg with you when you rise to get a little bit more swing.”
“Balance, rhythm. straightness. Stabilise the hind leg under the body.
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