1.- My hands for direction…. 2.- My legs for impulsion…. 3.- And the rest of me to move him forward!
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Mar 02 2024
1.- My hands for direction…. 2.- My legs for impulsion…. 3.- And the rest of me to move him forward!
1.- My hands for direction…. 2.- My legs for impulsion….3.- And the rest of me to move him forward!
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Feb 25 2023
How do I slow down my horse you asked?
I do not slow down my horse – I shorten his stride. Moving his center of gravity back by raising his shoulder up and bringing his hips closer to his shoulders. (light contact with the bit). will shorter the frame of the horse. (short frame short stride fig -A-1). Riding small circles Left and Right, …
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Feb 10 2023
These old hands
“These old hands have toiled and labored Worked their fingers to the bone. These old hands have held more beauty than most have ever known. These old hands have met many friends and shared both smiles and tears. These old hands have held more happiness than most through the years. These old hands have made …
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Feb 10 2023
“I have been preparing my whole life for the next 10 minutes”.
It was dark with rain clouds looming overhead. The wind was blowing and it was miserable and cold out. The weather was just plain rotten. Foreboding. Eitan was mounted on Santa Fe Renegade preparing for the biggest event of their lives. They had been stuck in a “holding area” for two hours before entering the …
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Feb 10 2023
Teaching my horse to find my Hand
Teaching my horse to find my Hand, is the main ingredient of “SOFT FEEL”. The position of my hands influences the position of the horse’s head and frame, the frame influences the horse’s body, and the horse’s body influences the horse’s feet. Adjusting the position of my hands can mean everything to the placing of …
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Jan 14 2023
Bend Your Horse to the size of the circle you ride.
Cowboy Dressage Education The horse should follow his, or her SHOULDERS. A. – On the Straight Line. B. – On the Carve Line
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Jan 10 2023
“You Can Do This.”
“You Can Do This.” “Relaxed but powerful beauty. Captivating presence. Horse and rider are clearly One. Mozart on a horse. Art on the hoof. Freedom, Baby! That is Cowboy Dressage” It is not just because Eitan is an extraordinary horseman that horse folk are drawn to him. It is due to the fact that …
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Jun 08 2022
The Lope is not Canter.
The Cowboy Dressage Lope Footfalls Visualized The Lope is not Canter. The jog is a 2 beat gait. Separating the Right diagonal pair (right front, left hind) results in the Right lead lope, the horse pushes himself with the Left hind and lands on the Right front, his leading leg. So, separating the right diagonal …
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