- Work off the rail, especially on the warm-up. Practice centre line and quarter line doing the halt through walk transition. Also work off the rail and halting at the canter.
- Make straight line work a part of each ride.
Canter transitions:
- Continue to work on c-t-c-t transitions along with the equitation issues. Work very hard to keep the hip angle open and the body back along with the calfs forward.
- work on new and interesting trot and canter patterns to keep interest and to build carrying power. Keep reviewing books and magazines to find new patterns.
- Continue to work on transitions within the gait - especially to the rigtht.
- Work on hacking and hill work to build the back end.
- Use quiet and simple aids to to from working to medium canter.
Warm up and Show ring strategies:
- Find exercises and strategies that will work in a busy show ring to bring attention back to me, and that will lower the head and get working in the proper frame. Very good exercise to lower the neck- flex to the inside for a few steps, then half halt and put both legs on to go forward.
- Good exercise for a busy warm up ring- do a few strides of leg yeild to the inside and then just a few strides to the outside.
- on the circle - counterflex to the outside and do a slight leg yeild in- then straighten and do a true flex. can do this at canter and trot espeically to sharpen him on the outside rein as it is harder to do lateral work in a crowded warm up.
General fitness:
- Conditioning hacks - - do the hill work circuit outside -- trot and canter up hills and walk down them.
- Need to work on longer and longer rides to get into shape.
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