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Re: Updated photos for the not-so fugly paint
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By 'lateral work' I don't mean bending per se, although a correct bend is critical in lateral work. Lateral in the context of "to the side".
Here is a description of lateral movements
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/bielikov/dressage/D-10.htm
Here's an interesting excerpt from a blog with pictures.
http://www.doranna.net/horseplay/duncan10.html
The first picture in the above blog is shoulder in. The rear end of the horse has remained on the outside track, and the shoulders have been brought in off the track. So the hind legs are on one line of travel, and the front end is on a line of travel in the same direction, but on a different track. This is one exercise involving lateral work, that I was talking about.
"Bend" is a separate thing, the horse in the photo I reference is bending to the inside (left) That is to say, his spine is in an arc if viewed from above. However his front end is moving laterally - he's facing to the inside of the arena, but he's not going that way - he's moving in parallel to the side of the arena. This means he is stepping away from his body with his right front hoof, and with his left front hoof he is stepping more under the centre of his body. With both front feet he is moving "laterally".
And your first coach was wrong to have you sitting deep on a green horse. Their backs are not strong enough. You sit as deep as the horse's age, strength and ability allows and no more than that. That's why on a young horse, you will never see good trainers do any kind of sitting trot and they use a very light seat in the posting trot and the canter. Even western riders will post on a young horse. Sitting the trot is introduced once the horse is strong enough to carry the continued and steady weight of the rider.
As far as the video goes, I can offer 2 ideas for you to think about. When your hands are positioned so they are not "thumbs up" but rather pressing down and breaking at the wrists, your hands are MUCH STRONGER on the reins. Further, when they not positioned thumbs up, your elbows come away from your body and then your forearms are no longer in a straight line relative to the reins to the horse's mouth.
The second thing for you to think about is that 10 good steps are better than 10,000 lousy steps. When you ask for transitions with this horse (halt to walk, trot to canter, canter to trot and walk to halt) she reacts the same way, she throws her head up and drops her back. A young horse takes a while before they can balance themselves in transitions, but be aware that each time you allow it, and further PRAISE her, you are TRAINING her to seek her balance by throwing up her head. This will become habitual even after she is balanced.
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