aids for leg yielding

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ok people i am going to attempt to ride leg yield on Frankie tonight, but i haven't seen my instructor this week, and im not going to until next week so can someone remind me of the aids for leg yield? i have done it before but i get confuzzled easily!
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thanks xxx
 
Take up a nice contact of the horses mouth and ensure that the horse is going forwars, The horse should be slightyly bent to the dirrection of travel. Your o'outside' leg should go back slightly, open the inside hand and tap up if necessary..

I probably missed summit.. hard to think about it when you not had a lsson on it for years!
Lou x
 
head turned away from direction of travel so you can just see eye

leg travelling "to" on the girth

leg travelling "from" on the girth
 
right so is this correct......i know what you mean loubie lou i havnet had a lesson on it for a while too!

if im going left......

slight bend to the inside with my inside rein, supporting it with the outside rein....inside leg back, gently pushing Frankie over while keeping my outside leg just slightly behind to stop him from pushing his bum over too far....

*brain hurts*
 
thanks for finding the website, ive bookmarked it!

ooopps i better not try half pass just yet, were still in basics mode....! xx
 
Easiest way to start is from the 1/4 or 3/4 line and legyielding to the track (as the horse is more inclined to try and wander that way anyhow! )

Turn up either line and flex the horse slightly to the inside (just enough so you can see the edge of the eye). Your inside leg then needs to be behind the girth to ask for the "over" steps. The outside leg needs to stay on the girth along with a good contact on the outside rein to ensure the horse doesnt just wander through its shoulder.

Remember leg yield is both a forwards and lateral movement so be sure that he does still go forwards. If he starts to rush through his outer shoulder, ask for a few steps of straight walk and then leg yield again.

The shoulders and quarters should reach the track at the same time ideally so try to avoid the horse making a banana shape through his body (which happens quite a lot).

Straight body, slight inside flex at the head and just press him over slightly. Dont go for a steep angle to beging with. Also a common mistake when riders first start this is to either throw their weight to the outside and try and push the horse over (just unbalances the horse and pushes them through their shoulder more) OR they try and push them over with their reins (rein yielding). So be sure your inside rein is open slightly to ask for that tiny bit of flexion (and will stop you trying to use your rein to push him over) and that you keep sitting straight.

Good luck!
 
Thats not how i would ride it, My bend would be to the right, i would support with my right leg, have my left leg behind the girth and encourage over that way.. obviously ppl do it diffrently.. gonna see what bd say
Lou x
 
From the right rein turn down the centre line (or three quarter line) and put your right leg on the girth and push your horse to the left, he will probable fall through his shoulder to start with, use your left leg and hand to block this but in doing so don't pull back and block the forward-ness, it is imperative that the gait stays forward. When your right leg is 'pushing' him over, put your leg on then take it off, put it on again etc, don't start to grip with the knee and draw your leg up in an attempt to literally push him over (you won't win!!), if he doesn't react to your leg on/off request just tap him behind your leg with your schooling whip (a tap not a whack) at the same time you use your leg so he understands.

Any problems let me know...
 
LOL - it's one of things you get just get on and do. i have visions of HHOers over the country sitting on their chairs with their eyes shut moving their hands and legs to work out what they think they'd be doing!

I think I got the minimalist version and Tierra has the proper and detailed explanation!
 
hehe lou i know its easy to get confused - i do! thanks for all your advice, itll be good to show my instructor what i have been up to while she was away! xxxx
 
Head should be bent away from the direction of travel shouldnt it? That is the way ive always been taught with all my instructors.

ETS: Sorry just re read post, see that were all agreed on the bend now
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head turned away from direction of travel so you can just see eye

leg travelling "to" on the girth

leg travelling "from" on the girth

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PMSL - be good if I checked my posts wouldn't it! I'm blushing here leg travelling "from" on the girth ARRRGGGGH - or behind as it should be!

I've been quite happily sitting here thinking I'd given the correct aids and in my head I had - I just typed the blighter wrong!
 
Easy way (for idiots like me) is to think that leg yield is absolutely nothing except asking the horse to move over from the inside leg (usually on the girth or ever so slightly behind it). It does not require any bend so you can ride it with the horse's spine straight on a straight line, or if you want to ride it on a 20m circle, say, you can have normal 20m circle bend.
Horse should flex slightly from the poll away from the direction of travel.
A few cures - if the horse slows down in the walk/trot then it's probably you stiffening. If he sticks his outside shoulder out, you need more outside rein. If he sticks his outside quarters out, you need more outside leg (further back). If he overbends rather than flexes to the inside, you need to relax that hand forward.
Have fun
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