@@Josiebydarn Lipizzans are beautifuI! I'm so happy for you. 🥰 I fell in love with Friesians the moment I set eyes on them. I've been trying to learn all I can about them and their care for the last few years to prepare for the day when I can welcome them on my property. ❤
This was brilliant to hear. My horse bulldozes through my half halts and wants to race around the arena. By the way you worded it, I realized that my half halts are less-so a tightness in my core, and more-so leaning forward and pulling. I’m going to focus on leaning back and breathing.
Some days my horse is just right, but other days after we warm up, it's like he's got zoomies! I rarely can do straight lines with him on those days. LOL! This is a good reminder for me. Thank you!
Thank you Amelia with the clear explanation. My instructor taught me to do outside flexion to slow down the horse and it works with the school horse. Next i will try to bend inside. It’s always nice to have a different approach
when you describe Mercurio starting a little lazy snd then getting very lively I find exactly the same with my Hugo .The tips you gave are really effective
The mare I ride behaves exactly like this and my instructor has me do the lateral moves you’re doing but I prefer your explanation on when to use the shoulder fore, what to look for, and when to release.
Sometimes it's hard for an instructor to get all the theory into a 45 minute lesson AS you're riding and they're instructing you on what to do :) I'm glad you liked the video
Hi Amelia, my horse is exactly as you said. When I start he is lazy or sometimes super lazy, but more we get deeper into the training, doing a lot of transitions, sometimes he gets hot. Generally he stays at the right level of energy, but sometimes too hot. I always try to calm him down with serpentines, but also touching with inside hand and talking to him. He is very reactive to my voice so I use it. Anyway, I liked your suggestion regarding controlling our own energy, this helps a lot. When I am super powered I need to come to walk for a few circles, come down with my energy and then start again with a slower trot more controlled way. But this is challenging for me right now. We he is getting super hot it takes me a while to bring him back. Thank you, I will try to follow additionally your recommendations.
Your explanations are always so clear for achieving the results! I'm so bad about pulling and had a bad wreck because of it. This is such a great demonstration of how to fix that!
I am doing some lessons on a horse exactly like Mercurio in how he heats up as the ride progresses, and I have a bad tendency to lean forward, so it's been a disaster, haha... I am leasing a pony who also gets fast when you pull, so this is exactly what I needed RN! You are reading my mind or something, it's crazy, you always do a video on a subject right when I need it!
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Loved this video. I’ve been doing all the wrong things. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
A very good instructional video, thankyou Amelia! My horse is very rushy & i constantly work on trying to regulate & relax her. I've always used the smaller circle to slow her & avoid the pulling. But, i like your strategic method that puts all the various aspects together, to attain greater control overall. You're just a masterful trainer - great approach! 😘👍🐎🙏
Wow Suzanne thanks so much for the feedback, and I'm so glad it helped! Also, here’s a link with all of my free courses! www.amelianewcombdressage.com/giving-back-now-and-always-black-friday-2022/
My horse is always going faster and just everybody says do a lot of tempo changes, pull on both reins and your horse should learn you legs are around. So nice to see it can learned a different way with her....I am confident I will succeed with this approach. Thank you a lot Amelia.
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Dear Amelia, Slowly getting there. I feel her more moving under me, but still have to pay attention not to fall back in old habits. The only problem I expercience is getting her back from canter. She will get her head up and pull on the reins. I try to let my reins a bit loose, make a 20m circle and say hoooo. Kind regard, José
Your timing is always spot on for me. We have had such bad air quality in Oregon and then a minor injury so we have not been able to ride in months and now my horse is sooooo forward and we have no brakes. Yesterday I lunged since our ride the day before was so wild. But then she ran wild on lunge I am not a fan of letting my horse get crazy on lunge line but how else do you get rid of all that energy?
Wouldn't a HH or 2 be useful when he speeds up?? So as I was as typing my question .. as the video continued to play... I heard you say " Half Halt" a few times!! :D :D Great Minds... ! :D :D
Thank you. really helpful. On a follow up i'd like to see more closely how you place your horse on a circle with your hand and leg aids ..i am still not sure how to place my legs and hands for this..just like shoulder in ..supposed to slow a horse too
Hello! I noticed Mercurio´s tail is always a little to the left, you may want to let him be checked by a Fisio-Quiropractic, he may need to reajust something there ;)
Thank you for your explanation, could you do the same exercise in the canter ? I can’t use any leg help in the canter because my mare is too hot and I end up pulling both rains 😢
My horse is a bit like Macurio. He is a Croatian warmblood and looks a bit like a PRE - strong built and not so tall. He has a strong mind and test me both in riding and handling. He uses tempo and being strong as evasion. Sometimes it’s also a balance issue if he is speeding. Steady tempo is definitely what we need . And turning shoulder for and taking releasing the medicine. Any other tips on horse that uses speed as evasion?
I didn’t realise Mercurio could be hot like that but I love to watch him . Is he a bit of a lazy boy when you first get on? I have one that is behind the leg at first but once he’s got going he can become too forward
This is exactly how I have been slowing down my keyed up horse…even including the turning round bushes in the field with cows…counting…slow rising (posting)…but my instructor says that the mare now anticipates the circle when I want her to slow and I should teach her to accept my hand by pulling on both reins???
I have tried the circle approach many times with my gelding who rushes, but he always breaks gait into a walk when we go into a circle. What would you suggest? Thanks in advance!
When it gets cooler/cold my horse goes faster in his trot. Part of the of the barn is heated (for the automatic waterers) but the indoor arena is not. Could he be reacting to the temperature change? He doesn't slow down, I will work on this....more circles and things. Thank you.
Make sure you are varying exercises to keep him guessing. He sounds like a smart boy. Try serpentines in shallow loops, ribbon candy exercises, and snowman with transitions! And lots and lots of half halts. and transitions. Happy Riding!