I was working with Cash this evening, helping him to figure out back-up under saddle. He's doing so great now- we're approaching the point where the main thing he will need is just miles on the clock
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I don't like to ground drive because I don't have a sidepull and I don't think you can get a decent amount of feel on a horse's mouth through long lines, so you end up teaching them things you'll need to unteach later. I would prefer to do that the way I want it to feel right from the start. One of the things that I got from learning with Martin, who does everything from the saddle, is that you can do everything from the saddle if you are so inclined
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That back-up looks fine- the horse drops their hindquarters and backs up pretty smoothly.
On the whole I like the way she rides- she's pretty quiet for a dressage rider. A lot of them seem to be all heels-heels-heels the whole time or doing that nod-nod-nod thing. She isn't too exaggerated with that, although she's clearly very wiggly-heels in the passage. You can certainly ride more subtly, though you don't see a lot of people doing it. I'd be pretty happy if I could ride a test a quarter as well as she does...
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On the whole I like the way she rides- she's pretty quiet for a dressage rider. A lot of them seem to be all heels-heels-heels the whole time or doing that nod-nod-nod thing. She isn't too exaggerated with that, although she's clearly very wiggly-heels in the passage. You can certainly ride more subtly, though you don't see a lot of people doing it. I'd be pretty happy if I could ride a test a quarter as well as she does...
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