Post by stybba on Feb 21, 2009 20:27:47 GMT 1
Brilliant lesson today. Started off just loosening up in walk and trot. Tilly wasn't very forward in trot, so we did some lateral work to help mobilise her quarters a bit.
Sam noticed that Tilly wasn't quite bending through her ribcage in travers. Rather she was breaking at the withers and trowing her tummy out. So we kept swapping between travers and leg yield and using the corners to really set up the bend which helped. This is where IMO it is vital to have someone on the ground. I knew that Tilly's travers wasn't quite there, but it takes someone who knows what they are looking for to spot these things.
We then moved up into trot. Tilly was backing off the contact a bit so Sam got me to keep my hands up and still and ride into the contact, rather than fiddle to encourage softness.
We then did some halt - rein back - walk - trot transitions. Sam noticed that Tilly's rein back wasn't quite two time, so she got me to raise my hands and tuck my pelvis a bit. This produced the most incredibly powerful two time rein back that actuall yfelt like we were going somewhere!
The result of this amazing power was a fantastic halt - canter transition, which shocked me so much that I completely failed to capitalise on it!
As Tilly hadn't been worked for three weeks due to frozen school / snow, we called it a day after reapeating this work on the other rein.
The upshot is that the Vogue is amazing. It literally made everything practically effortless, and I came away feeling like I had been cheating a bit (Heather may roll her eyes at this remark!).
Anyway, here are some piccies, just a few as small son demanded that the cameraman resume fatherly duties shortly after he had started!
;D ;D ;D
Sam noticed that Tilly wasn't quite bending through her ribcage in travers. Rather she was breaking at the withers and trowing her tummy out. So we kept swapping between travers and leg yield and using the corners to really set up the bend which helped. This is where IMO it is vital to have someone on the ground. I knew that Tilly's travers wasn't quite there, but it takes someone who knows what they are looking for to spot these things.
We then moved up into trot. Tilly was backing off the contact a bit so Sam got me to keep my hands up and still and ride into the contact, rather than fiddle to encourage softness.
We then did some halt - rein back - walk - trot transitions. Sam noticed that Tilly's rein back wasn't quite two time, so she got me to raise my hands and tuck my pelvis a bit. This produced the most incredibly powerful two time rein back that actuall yfelt like we were going somewhere!
The result of this amazing power was a fantastic halt - canter transition, which shocked me so much that I completely failed to capitalise on it!
As Tilly hadn't been worked for three weeks due to frozen school / snow, we called it a day after reapeating this work on the other rein.
The upshot is that the Vogue is amazing. It literally made everything practically effortless, and I came away feeling like I had been cheating a bit (Heather may roll her eyes at this remark!).
Anyway, here are some piccies, just a few as small son demanded that the cameraman resume fatherly duties shortly after he had started!
;D ;D ;D
;D
