what does giving and taking inside rein mean

[[59668]]

what does giving and taking the inside rein mean to you?

When I say it I mean squeezing and releasing to encourage the jaw to soften keeping the hand as still as possible.

Occasionally I will completely throw the rein away if he leans.

So what does it mean to you? To some people it seems to mean pulling back and holding then throwing the rein away!

 

[Shysmum]

Very slight squeeze and release here - you can't see the hand movement (unless it goes wrong and I get carted across the school).

 

[ester]

it depends.. it is required in some BE tests and you would push the hand forwards so that the rein looped and then take the contact back.

your last description would be a take then give surely?

I don't think it would ever mean keeping the hand still to me.

 

[[59668]]

Sorry I don't mean in the context of a dressage test. I mean like to soften the horse and encourage roundness.

 

[1stclassalan]

Oh this brings back some happy memories! I learnt to ride like a cossack - by myself on practically wild horses - then in later life, about 30 ish took up lessons at "probably the Best Equitation Centre in the World" at that time - not swanking - it just happened to be in the same village where I lived then.

Even though they knew I could "ride" ( in fact, I could sit a horse that was messing about better than most instructors but - ) not to their exacting standards and I was fascinated by all this riding by magic - especially as there was much attention to horse as well as rider with the emphasis that it was in all respects a partnership - I asked them to start from the very beginning.

Thus they put me on the lunge with no irons or reins for the first few lessons and only let me have reins first if I promised not to hang on them like a cowboy! All their school horses took up the "contact" and as you might know - just appreciating what that is - isn't easy! To help you out on this point - most school horses wouldn't move until you had it right and would play up if you faultered - such a lot to take on for an old cowboy! Reins, hands, fingers, line from the horses mouth through one's hands to the elbows - ALLOW! I heard that word following my every step! The subtle difference between the contact, an allowance and dropping the rein - impulsion and steering, falling in or drifting out.

As things turned out - my wife fell in love with one of the lunge horses and I bought the mare for her Christmas pressy ( the only thing I have in common with the Aga Khan!)

Suffice it to say that it can take you a lifetime to learn this Equitation lark - but it's well worth the effort.

 

[ester]

ok in which case to me it would mean releasing the inside rein sufficiently that the contact was dropped while the horse remained in self carriage with the support of the outside rein.

The description of what you do to me would be akin to what I would do if asked to flex.

 

[Goldenstar]

You move your hand forward towards the horses mouth by straightening the elbow to release the contact completely you don't use your fingers or release the rien in the hand then you rebend the elbow and retake the contact , used to check self carriage and that the bend is true.

 

[ester]

^^ what she said

 

[Pearlsasinger]

You move your hand forward towards the horses mouth by straightening the elbow to release the contact completely you don't use your fingers or release the rien in the hand then you rebend the elbow and retake the contact , used to check self carriage and that the bend is true.

This.
What does your instructor say, OP?

 

[[59668]]

The same just was watching someone else ride and it was a really exaggerated awful almost pull!

 

[Goldenstar]

The same just was watching someone else ride and it was a really exaggerated awful almost pull!

Was the rider attempting a exaggerated neckbend ?
In a give and tracked the retake takes the hand back to the same place ie normal contact .