Jul 26 2020
“We bend our horses to ride them straight.” Straightness and Bend are inseparable in the education of our horses. It is the rare horse that is perfectly straight in his movements. The ability to travel perfectly straight is a fairly advanced skill, and the ability to go from bend to straightness and back again is …
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Jul 25 2020
biomechanics-simplified Turning Biomechanics – the term even sounds complicated. But, when you break it down into its individual segments, it makes much more sense. Fig.1 on the left – Turn on the Haunches Right. Your horse front legs walking around his hind legs. 1.- Stop with your horse’s weight on the Right Inside Hind Leg …
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Jul 24 2020
It’s more about the front legs then the haunches…..! “The turn-on-the- haunches is a balanced movement performed one step at a time. In a turn- on-the-haunches, the horse is asked to shift his weight and balance to the hindquarters. Looking slightly into the direction of travel, the horse steps around reaching with the inside front …
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Jul 22 2020
Engagement Vs Disengagement When the horse’s right hind leg is engaging and pushing forward (propulsion), the horse’s left hind leg is disengaging (braking). In Cowboy Dressage, horses are encouraged to shift their weight more to their hindquarters, which enables lightness of the forehand. While the front legs carry the weight, the hind legs provide propulsion. …
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Jul 21 2020
The direction of force exerted by a spring. The preceding figure shows a ball attached to a spring. You can see that if the spring isn’t stretched or compressed, it exerts no force on the ball. If you push the spring, however, it pushes back, and if you pull the spring, it pulls back. Engagement—The …
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Jul 20 2020
What is the center of gravity? In horsemanship, the center of balance of a horse is a position on the horse’s back which correlates closely to the center of gravity of the horse itself. The term may also refer to the horse’s center of gravity. For the best performance by the horse, as well as …
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Jul 19 2020
You Lost Your Shoulder When my horse dropped his inside shoulder he lost traction with his outside hind leg I re-balance my horse (lifting his shoulder up) by raising my inside hand (rein) up and shifting my weight to the opposite (outside) hind and ride forward.
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Jul 15 2020
Diagonal Advanced Placement or DAP. When learning the foot falls of the equine gait I was always thankful for the simple jog. The nice 2 beat diagonal gait seems to me to be the easiest to comprehend for both the amateur horseman and the more experienced horseman. Counting strides and foot falls mentally is tough …
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Jul 15 2020
Changing Bend – Changing Direction. Ride 20 meter circle Right to – E At – E turn Right, your horse is on the right bend. Change the bend and Side Pass Right continue to – B on the left bend. Transitions from Walk to Jog or Lope can be added ahead of – B.
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