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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.He's actually sitting on his whole pelvis, 3 point seat, and that is often easier in a standard saddle when the horse lifts in front... -
sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.This is a fabulous post showing uphill balance in walk, slightly OT but kinda relevant, all about educating the eye. It depends on...
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sbloom reacted to dorsetladette's post in the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end? with
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The rider position too. The top picture shows a gentle, comfortable seat. The second I'm not sure she's even 'seating on her bottom' 😳... -
sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.It's astonishing what you can see in regular and social media "how to" articles and posts. You can see how the horse at the top (PK and...
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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.Do you need to use the whip to ask them to lift their feet in any other pace? Ultimate collection means the trot becomes shorter in...
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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.I don't seem to be able to quote, and there will be specific ways to train it but it's about where the horse is, and what needs to...
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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.Yep, ground recoil forces and shifting balance are ignored in favour of muscular effort but it's the way so many train the...
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sbloom reacted to Burnttoast's post in the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end? with
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As someone put it on fb, "it's about time that this industry was required to explain just what is going on". -
sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.It certainly revolves around leg activation rather than a sustained shift in balance and increase in amplitude within collection. From...
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sbloom reacted to smolmaus's post in the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end? with Like.
You hit the horse till it lifts it's legs higher As someone who has never trained a passage I WILL NOT SPECULATE (ahem) but I would be...
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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.I'm no advanced rider but it seems to me to simply be that if you keep asking for more and more range of motion but leave the body in a...
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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.Hideous.
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sbloom reacted to FieldOrnaments's post in the thread Calming Cookies making horses more excitable ?? with Like.
The active is zinc and high levels of zinc would be more likely to cause magnesium deficiency than overload. But they've also got...
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sbloom replied to the thread Calming Cookies making horses more excitable ??.Magnesium may be key - too much or too little is an issue, and levels in grazing can fluctuate. I'm not familiar with products in this...