Posted in Advice on Jan 22nd, 2010
Hello. So sorry if you were expecting a blog post yesterday but it was one of those days and I didn’t get round to finishing this till late. Anyway, here is the fourth Uberstreichen Exercise for you to have a go at.
Before I get into it though, each time you practice the exercises, start them [...]
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Posted in Advice on Dec 17th, 2009
Hi again. Today we will be moving on with the Uberstreichen Exercises.
When your horse will stand on his own then you are ready for the next step. Put your hands on each side of the noseband of the halter and do not but in fingers or thumbs inside the halter in order to prevent injury [...]
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Posted in Misc on Dec 10th, 2009
The Uberstreichen Half-Halt Exercises school the horse from the ground to respond more effectively to your half-halts when you ride.
(Half-halt is when you ask the horse to stop and he responds immediately and in the moment you know that the horse will stop you ask him to go forward and he does this whole-heartedly. [...]
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Posted in Advice on Dec 3rd, 2009
Hi there. Before I get into today’s post, I wanted to remind you about the call I am doing on Sunday at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern on the subject of the use of rollkur in dressage and why I think it’s not only wrong but unnecessary. You can find out more about the call by [...]
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Posted in Observations on Sep 3rd, 2009
Hello. My great passion with horses is dressage. This may surprise some of you but as always, it’s about approach and application.
There is little difference between a classical dressage rider and a competitive rider in the hands of a master, but the methods of training are very different. The two methods are different from the [...]
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Posted in Misc on Apr 23rd, 2009
Today I’d like to continue to talk about the ubstreichen excercises I use.
The exercises isolate and address blockages in the horse’s body, whether in the neck, jaw, shoulders, back or hocks. Once the horse performs the exercises easily and properly, he will be in front of the leg. I have found that the exercises’ [...]
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