tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post3847556932859759095..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Riley canter workStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-28918934425476087462011-07-10T20:20:23.939-04:002011-07-10T20:20:23.939-04:00I agree Garden -- I've seen him stiffer than h...I agree Garden -- I've seen him stiffer than he appears in this video, not sure if it is just weakness or something else. It kind of comes and goes.Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-37383762506723758282011-07-08T10:59:42.366-04:002011-07-08T10:59:42.366-04:00I agree with Jean on the inside rein lift. My Frie...I agree with Jean on the inside rein lift. My Friesian x is notorious for the lean and careen at the canter. We have perfected the inside rein lift. I think you are doing the right thing. Riley is still very young. My horse is 12 ... beyond excuses.<br /><br />He appears a little stiff to the left. Just an observation. Like he's compensating for something.Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725509654258845121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-10866701316946023082011-07-07T22:44:40.474-04:002011-07-07T22:44:40.474-04:00I envy your canter walk transitions too.I envy your canter walk transitions too.Louise McGillivraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-58834757316274136222011-07-07T18:06:16.466-04:002011-07-07T18:06:16.466-04:00Nice work. You shouldn't have to work so hard...Nice work. You shouldn't have to work so hard though--in the first clip, you can see that you're nagging with the leg and letting the whip just sit there. The whip is there so you can keep your leg aids refined. Ask nicely, then tell. Otherwise you'll work harder and harder to get less and less. I have this problem, too, so I know how hard it is to break the nag-mode!<br /><br />Mcfawnhttp://thistimedressage.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-82777969986959022372011-07-07T09:31:46.258-04:002011-07-07T09:31:46.258-04:00I envy your horse's canter-walk transitions. ...I envy your horse's canter-walk transitions. I love these videos!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-36141169237539623402011-07-06T21:57:33.037-04:002011-07-06T21:57:33.037-04:00what the heck do you bribe your husband with to co...what the heck do you bribe your husband with to come out and video in the heat (and bugs)?V. Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207894774400070699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-80877887970375732112011-07-06T21:45:55.066-04:002011-07-06T21:45:55.066-04:00My first observation is that both of you seem a lo...My first observation is that both of you seem a lot steadier than just a couple short months ago. Keep up the great work.<br /><br />Secondly I love your term "lean and careen!" That should become a technical dressage term, I've experienced it far more times than I care to admit! :)Marnie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241962543917686722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-74437379415073661812011-07-06T18:21:14.737-04:002011-07-06T18:21:14.737-04:00Sometimes, lifting the inside rein will help that ...Sometimes, lifting the inside rein will help that careen...he tilts his his head...nose to the outside, but poll to the inside. Getting his head straight may help you get the shoulder a little more to the inside so you'll feel less like he's "motorcyling" on the left rein. <br /><br />He's dropping his shoulder in to the left or falling out on the outside shoulder, so Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.com