Dec 05 2020
Lope 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
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
It’s more then how, it’s WHEN! 1.-Transition from the walk to the lope. 2.-Walk your horse in working frame (medium frame). 3.-Shorten your rein to short frame (light contact with the bit) to shoulder fore. Your inside leg is by the cinch and your outside leg is hanging free. 4.-When your horse’s inside front leg …
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Dec 02 2020
Diagonal Advanced Placement The jog is not as simple as we have formerly surmised, nor is it strictly a straight forward 2 beat gait. What if I were to tell you that the diagonal pairs don’t always hit the ground at the same time and when there is disunion of the diagonal pairs the jog …
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Dec 02 2020
Cowboy Dressage Challenge Court. Ground Pole stretches If the horse is reluctant to stretch forward in the walk, placing poles on the ground can be helpful. Ground Pole work also helps to keep your schooling sessions varied, encourages concentration, and makes the horse think. Place 4 poles on the quarter line ground in a straight …
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Dec 02 2020
The Cowboy Dressage Lope Pirouette “what goes up must come down” is a phrase that means things that rise must eventually return to the earth due to gravity. The Lope Pirouette is a high level movement, that requires balance, suspension, suppleness, listening and collection from the horse. To have a good Lope pirouette, we must …
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Dec 02 2020
“All the Pretty Horses” “Let your horse be a horse and let him enjoy the great outdoors — it is where he was meant to live. I often take my training out on the trail. The horses enjoy it and so do I. A trail ride is a great place to start your training time …
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Dec 02 2020
It’s All about Charisma “Charisma is what first attracts me to a horse. A charismatic horse knows he is special. He owns the world.” What is most important to me though is ‘heart’. It is the thing that ALL truly great horses have. It is evident in their performance and to the lengths they …
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Dec 02 2020
“Daddy left me his old saddle” “Daddy left me his old saddle The day that he passed on And these words are etched into my mind Just like they were in stone. Don’t ever sell your saddle Never owe another man Watch where you spit on a windy day Don’t use words you don’t …
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Dec 02 2020
“It isn’t the bit that creates the softness, it is the hand.” “8″. This is an example of the two-handed Western bit. It is broken in the middle so each side moves independently. The shanks are also loose, as opposed to fixed, allowing for more variations in communication. There are multiple variations of this …
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