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Not a bad test, overall. I liked that you were able to do decent transitions from rising trot into canter. I actually did not see a "stretchy" circle. When you do losgellassenheit, the horse is...

chisamba...you are a long time horsewoman. You will do just fine with whatever you take. If the clinician is so poor that he/she has no worthwhile insights for working with either green horse, then...

Very good post, Kareen. Spot on!

Amoroso...the flat movement of the western horse comes from the horse's natural way of traveling. This has a lot to do with why the conformation of the western horse used in western pleasure classes...

Well, Theo...I think that European commentators are missing as many glaring faults as the U.S. commentators. Also, the riders, themselves, are greatly in denial. I believe that the responsibility...

I am not so sure that you cannot ride a canter correctly in three beats that will be slow enough for the western classes. I think that if the western horse was not backed off the bit so much, and...

I love that word "pletheora", merrygoround. Very appropriate post!;)

Not too long ago, there was a video posted where the reining rider and the upper level dressage rider first rode their own horses, and then exchanged horses. If you recall, the reining rider made...

Not too long ago, there was a video posted where the reining rider and the upper level dressage rider first rode their own horses, and then exchanged horses. If you recall, the reining rider made...

A horse this crooked cannot properly do shoulder-in. The leg-yield right will be easy for this horse. The leg-yield left will be the problem direction. Turn on the forehand to the right will be a...

it is quite likely, lstevenson, that rather she should step more deeply into the left stirrup, but watch that she is not pushing the left stirrup more forward. As a rule, we tend to keep the right...

This horse is not bending correctly, which means he is pretty crooked. He does not want to step forward enough with his right fore, and wants to trail the right hind. Is his back a tad on the long...

Glad that my words were meaningful to you. Hope you had success as you rode today. Beautiful day for riding, wasn't it?

The focus of shoulder-in is the weighting of the inside hind and the lifting of the outside fore. With half-pass, the weighting is the outside hind and the lift must be the inside fore. This...

If the way she is being ridden in the picture is anything like how she is being ridden today, the problem stems from her being held to the bit. She has not been trained to go to the bridle because...

The first thing that needs to be corrected, before any real progress can be made with this horse, is that you need to stop pinching with your knees, and get your seat tucked under you rather than...

I've always found that it is much more effective to use the crop on the rider, rather than on the mare!:yes:

You cannot properly balance for the sitting trot in an all purpose saddle.

What do you want this critique to do for you? How detailed do you want the flaws?

Sorry, gal. Cannot see you working with training this horse, so can not really tell you what to do differently. As to where your horse should be...that all depends on your skill at training. If...

I have always thought that clubbing of a foot was just the results of seeing a problem in the diagonal hind leg...generally a tighter stifle joint on that side. You might try having the farrier snub...

Having a horse pins its ears on the lungeline is NOT normal behavior, cold weather or not. Sounds as if the horse is in pain somewhere. Have you tried putting him on Bute for five days, morning and...

I am going to agree with slc in part, especially the part about your legs needing to be longer. However, I am going to tell you something else. If you drop the stirrups, this is going to...

It has been awhile since I've seen her teach. It has to be one of the biggest disappointments in my dressage life. Her theories read well. It is the actual implimentation method to which I object,...

Need to see how this saddle looks on the horse in better light. However, my first impression is that the saddle doesn't fit the horse. Probably doesn't fit you either. Its pinching his shoulders...