Ohhhhh wow. What a place! I would love to ramble through that big old building. Great lesson, she was so mellow on arrival! I love how he tailored the lesson to your personal needs/ goals. This is going to be a very productive year! 🤞
OMG, you could see how Estrid and you were so relaxed and Rob as a coach-what a guy! He is the type of coach everyone needs. That is it, I am moving to England just to take lessons with him.
Omg! I’m so excited for you and Estrid! She is such a lovely mover and happy to go forward. I’m sure she will sort out what you’re asking very quickly (oh we’re doing dressage today, or oh it’s trail work today). It’s a bit like a long distance runner cross training in Pilates for strength. I’m so happy you found a really good teacher too. That makes all the difference, 😊
Wow that lesson looked great! I’ve recently started taking lessons to focus on my riding and my trainer has been amazing. I’ve had to travel further afield to find someone that “gets me” and I feel I’m actually learning something each time. There’s a lot to work on as a 41yr old with many bad habits 😂 I tend to throw my reins away when asking for an upward transition as well as many other weird and wonderful things that no one has ever picked me up on before. My new trainer talks to me a lot about biomechanics and why I’m doing something and what I need to do to rectify it and how I’m affecting my horse’s way of going. She’s making it all make sense! Thanks for sharing your journey with us xx
I had a Polish bred Arab that I did Dressage with some time ago years passed. I would have loved a go at Endurance. Just didn’t know how or where to get this experience in my area. Mid West/Central USA. I just love watching you and the horses.
My jaw dropped as you drove into the facilities!! Oh my! What a beautiful place and wonderful coach. I got tired just watching you guys work! Nice job. Can you reiterate what Robert said to you about leg position to cue the canter? I heard what you said (mostly), but I couldn't hear what he said back to you. And, YES, I recently picked up the idea that I need to help my horse NOT speed into the next transition, just simply change the gait. That has really helped my horse relax through transitions. ~Holly
Hi Beth, good job! I have the fealing Estrid could get more and more relaxed through your concentrated work 😇 To answer your question about following the bit: it´s not only about the reins. A highly educated horse, who has actually been trained for self-carriage (this is sadly not the case for a lot of dressage horses, at least here in Germany), only follows the bit, if the rider gives the seat aids to do so. My arabians do both dressage and endurance. If I have them in a collected shape and give the reins, but still give collection seat-aids, the stay in self-carriage and don´t follow my slacking reins. If I am in collection, give the reins and give the seat aids for stretching forward and down and following the bit, they will follow the bit. Hope this clears it up a little 😊 But to be honest, when they get excited, like at the start of an endurance ride, they forget everything about dressage anyway 😂 so i don´t think you have to worry about that. It does help mine to stretch over the topline occasionaly during a ride to keep the back muscles nice and supple though - especially when they get so tense at the start.
@@bethendurance Hi Beth, it depends if your hip is upright, slightly tipped backwards or slightly tipped forward. So in theory: i am riding e.g. in a collected trot, my hip is tipped backwards (so the weight is shifted to the back), i give the according leg aids as needed. Then i let go of the reins. If the horse is well-trained, it will stay in the collected trot. If I give a little rein and tip my hip back into upright/neutral position, the horse will move to a working trot. If i give the reins and move my seat forward (upper body and hip slightly tipped forward) so the weight is shifted forward, it will follow the seat and reins, search for the bit and stretch out. This is all well in theory, but i honestly don´t think you have to worry about that when hacking out, i think our smart arabians can very well distinguish 😄 In order to get my horses to stretch out, i use lateral work. While schooling on a circle, the aids are what they call inside leg to outside rein, but i don´t think this is very helpful to most riders 🙈 the goal is to get the inside hind to come more foreward and under the center of the body. Through this the back will be lifted and the horse will be happy to stretch forward-down. When hacking out i love to use the turns and corners and ride them like a 1/4 circle or volte for this. The difficulty (especially with arabians 🤣) is, that their reaction to leg-aids is often going faster/pushing more out hind, than actually engaging coremuscles 🙃and bringing the hindleg more under. This of course can be trained. You could just try this out: when walking (maybe start when she´s already relaxed 😊) on a long straight road. Choose the side she can do circles best, let´s say it´s to the right. Concentrate on your right seatbone and the movement that is happening - it will go up and down. Try to relax and identify when Estrids back lets your seatbone move down. This is the moment her right hindleg is in the air and coming forward, so this is the moment you can use your leg to get it to step more under. Once you´ve got the feeling of it, you can ask for a little bend with your right rein (make sure your left rein has enough slack to allow it), concentrate on your right seatbone (this will place slightly more pressure on her right longissimus, wich will encourage the bend resp. the rotation of her ribcage) and let your leg move to her belly through this movement in order to activate her right hind leg. Estrid will propably brace a little at first ("what do you want from me? " ), just keep your right rein steady a few steps and as soon as she relaxes a little immediatly give the rein, go slightly forward with your seat and praise her 🥰 you might just get a first little stretch. The idea is to go straight with a slight bend. Hopefully this is easiest on a straight road, where she knows where to go. If she moves to the right its fine though. You could increase leg-pressure to keep her on the straight line, but if she relaxes while leaving the straight line thats fine too. Hm i hope this is understandable 🙃 So sorry for the long text, this is my absolute passion 🥰 i tend to get out of hand 😂 It might not work, it is of course easier to have someone teach it to you. You can check out my latest video (Wie traininiert man für einen Distanzritt Folge 6) it is in german of course, just turn off the sound and go to minute 5:13. There you can see the way my arabian moves when stretching during polework. He is very crooked and 24, so not perfect and he´s stretching a little to far down on the lunge. But it is definitly helpful to loosen him up with this fluent, harmonious movement through his whole body when training outside. There is far too little Material about training arabians out there! They do look a little different compared to other horses 🤪
Ohhhhh wow. What a place! I would love to ramble through that big old building. Great lesson, she was so mellow on arrival! I love how he tailored the lesson to your personal needs/ goals. This is going to be a very productive year! 🤞
OMG, you could see how Estrid and you were so relaxed and Rob as a coach-what a guy! He is the type of coach everyone needs. That is it, I am moving to England just to take lessons with him.
😂 He was so good at making me feel relaxed! X
Omg! I’m so excited for you and Estrid! She is such a lovely mover and happy to go forward. I’m sure she will sort out what you’re asking very quickly (oh we’re doing dressage today, or oh it’s trail work today). It’s a bit like a long distance runner cross training in Pilates for strength. I’m so happy you found a really good teacher too. That makes all the difference, 😊
What a great lesson!! Also so interesting to consider training intent & goals behind a dressage-only horse and an endurance horse
Wow that lesson looked great! I’ve recently started taking lessons to focus on my riding and my trainer has been amazing. I’ve had to travel further afield to find someone that “gets me” and I feel I’m actually learning something each time. There’s a lot to work on as a 41yr old with many bad habits 😂 I tend to throw my reins away when asking for an upward transition as well as many other weird and wonderful things that no one has ever picked me up on before. My new trainer talks to me a lot about biomechanics and why I’m doing something and what I need to do to rectify it and how I’m affecting my horse’s way of going. She’s making it all make sense!
Thanks for sharing your journey with us xx
That's awesome 🙌 x
You worry too much! You were just fine in your intro test. There is absolutely nothing wrong with 59% for your
First time out! Good job!
I posted a stable vlog because you inspired me!🩶
I had a Polish bred Arab that I did Dressage with some time ago years passed. I would have loved a go at Endurance. Just didn’t know how or where to get this experience in my area. Mid West/Central USA. I just love watching you and the horses.
My jaw dropped as you drove into the facilities!! Oh my! What a beautiful place and wonderful coach. I got tired just watching you guys work! Nice job. Can you reiterate what Robert said to you about leg position to cue the canter? I heard what you said (mostly), but I couldn't hear what he said back to you. And, YES, I recently picked up the idea that I need to help my horse NOT speed into the next transition, just simply change the gait. That has really helped my horse relax through transitions. ~Holly
He said that the leg going back on the outside is to ask for their hind leg to come under and power through as the canter starts from behind x
Hi Beth, good job! I have the fealing Estrid could get more and more relaxed through your concentrated work 😇
To answer your question about following the bit: it´s not only about the reins. A highly educated horse, who has actually been trained for self-carriage (this is sadly not the case for a lot of dressage horses, at least here in Germany), only follows the bit, if the rider gives the seat aids to do so. My arabians do both dressage and endurance. If I have them in a collected shape and give the reins, but still give collection seat-aids, the stay in self-carriage and don´t follow my slacking reins. If I am in collection, give the reins and give the seat aids for stretching forward and down and following the bit, they will follow the bit. Hope this clears it up a little 😊 But to be honest, when they get excited, like at the start of an endurance ride, they forget everything about dressage anyway 😂 so i don´t think you have to worry about that. It does help mine to stretch over the topline occasionaly during a ride to keep the back muscles nice and supple though - especially when they get so tense at the start.
This is exactly what I want to achieve! What seat aids do you give? X
@@bethendurance Hi Beth, it depends if your hip is upright, slightly tipped backwards or slightly tipped forward. So in theory: i am riding e.g. in a collected trot, my hip is tipped backwards (so the weight is shifted to the back), i give the according leg aids as needed. Then i let go of the reins. If the horse is well-trained, it will stay in the collected trot. If I give a little rein and tip my hip back into upright/neutral position, the horse will move to a working trot. If i give the reins and move my seat forward (upper body and hip slightly tipped forward) so the weight is shifted forward, it will follow the seat and reins, search for the bit and stretch out. This is all well in theory, but i honestly don´t think you have to worry about that when hacking out, i think our smart arabians can very well distinguish 😄
In order to get my horses to stretch out, i use lateral work. While schooling on a circle, the aids are what they call inside leg to outside rein, but i don´t think this is very helpful to most riders 🙈 the goal is to get the inside hind to come more foreward and under the center of the body. Through this the back will be lifted and the horse will be happy to stretch forward-down. When hacking out i love to use the turns and corners and ride them like a 1/4 circle or volte for this. The difficulty (especially with arabians 🤣) is, that their reaction to leg-aids is often going faster/pushing more out hind, than actually engaging coremuscles 🙃and bringing the hindleg more under. This of course can be trained.
You could just try this out: when walking (maybe start when she´s already relaxed 😊) on a long straight road. Choose the side she can do circles best, let´s say it´s to the right. Concentrate on your right seatbone and the movement that is happening - it will go up and down. Try to relax and identify when Estrids back lets your seatbone move down. This is the moment her right hindleg is in the air and coming forward, so this is the moment you can use your leg to get it to step more under. Once you´ve got the feeling of it, you can ask for a little bend with your right rein (make sure your left rein has enough slack to allow it), concentrate on your right seatbone (this will place slightly more pressure on her right longissimus, wich will encourage the bend resp. the rotation of her ribcage) and let your leg move to her belly through this movement in order to activate her right hind leg. Estrid will propably brace a little at first ("what do you want from me? " ), just keep your right rein steady a few steps and as soon as she relaxes a little immediatly give the rein, go slightly forward with your seat and praise her 🥰 you might just get a first little stretch. The idea is to go straight with a slight bend. Hopefully this is easiest on a straight road, where she knows where to go. If she moves to the right its fine though. You could increase leg-pressure to keep her on the straight line, but if she relaxes while leaving the straight line thats fine too. Hm i hope this is understandable 🙃
So sorry for the long text, this is my absolute passion 🥰 i tend to get out of hand 😂
It might not work, it is of course easier to have someone teach it to you. You can check out my latest video (Wie traininiert man für einen Distanzritt Folge 6) it is in german of course, just turn off the sound and go to minute 5:13. There you can see the way my arabian moves when stretching during polework. He is very crooked and 24, so not perfect and he´s stretching a little to far down on the lunge. But it is definitly helpful to loosen him up with this fluent, harmonious movement through his whole body when training outside. There is far too little Material about training arabians out there! They do look a little different compared to other horses 🤪
@therapieundtraining-pferde this is great, thank you 🙂 👍 x