Mar 19 2022
Cowboy Dressage Biomechanics. This is Dressage the cowboy way. As a Cowboy Dressage rider you probably picture a dressage arena and the different movements required at each test. Think rhythmic four-beat walk, a supple jog with an active hind leg, and a three-beat lope, nice and straight. To get there we commonly use …
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Dec 02 2020
Jog over the Octagon If the horse is reluctant to stretch up and forward in the walk, jog or the lope, you can lunge him or ride him over the Octagon poles. placing poles on the ground can be helpful. Octagon Ground Poles work also helps to keep your schooling sessions varied, encourages concentration, and …
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Dec 02 2020
Cowboy Dressage Challenge Court. The hoof prints that your horse leave behind, at the Walk, Jog and Lope.
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Dec 01 2020
Cowboy Dressage Challenge Court. The Octagon Ground Poles stretches. If the horse is reluctant to stretch up and forward in the walk, jog or the lope, you can lunge him or ride him over the Octagon poles. placing poles on the ground can be helpful. Octagon Ground Poles work also helps to keep your schooling …
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Aug 01 2020
Why Lunging? “Lunging” are physical and mental exercises, which building stronger, balanced and forward horse on the ground on a line (direct rein to the halter), while giving him a definite job and place to go.There are a lot of ways to accomplish this. “Use your imagination. How can you engage your horses body and …
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Jun 21 2020
Why Lunging? With the rise in popularity of natural horsemanship methods where the horse is usually worked loose in a round pen, the tradition of lunging a horse as the basis for its training and preparation for ridden work has perhaps lost popularity in recent years. However, lunging a horse properly has certain attributes which …
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Mar 25 2020
“Everything you do on the ground you should do in the saddle, and vice versa.” ~ Eitan Cowboy Dressage believes in a solid foundation on the ground from the very beginning in educating the horse. To that end, the Partnership on the Ground division was developed. Partnership is more than just a halter class and …
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