Improving Collectibility by Going Down Hills at the Walk -Aug 2019
On Forehand
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10m
Karen rides Natilla as she demonstrates a counter-intuitive exercise: To ride your horse down a hill in order to help get a feel for lightness in the shoulders! Of course, it’s all about HOW you ride down the hill! This video is good for anyone who is able to stop from their seat and is ready to help their horse come off the forehand, or increase their degree of lightness of the shoulders during collection.
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