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The horse is overbent, but it doesnt matter does it. There may be a reason, the horse may be learning so is trying to avoid contact by going under the bit. But it doesnt matter. If the owner of the horse recognises it as a problem, he/she will fix it.

This is a really informative video. Thank you!

Rollkur in practice…… oh my god….

if you are going to even put the word “dressage” in the video title, DON’T RIDE YOUR HORSE WITH HIS CHIN TUCKED TO HIS CHEST!!!! THAT’S NOT DRESSAGE!!!

@eventer5 lol i love how almost everyone else is like oh no blah blah blah blah blah youtube teaching.. and you’re just like cute horse lmfao i agree very cute horse he looks like my horse but mine is a fatty

@CaseyHorses haha thanks! lol

Uhm..yeah. thats how your suppose to have the horses head in..its called a head set. lol. wow.

@TheTrippys, please don’t try to sound like you know something about this subject; the fact that you used the term “head set” is enough of an indication of exactly how knowledgeable you are in this area.

what is counter canter? and what is collected canter?

@gabbybella123
Google these terms, and you will fins answers. Not enough space here to explain!

@gabbybella123
Counter canter is basiclly a canter thats somewhat messed-up. like the back legs have a different lead than the front legs. it makes it rough and un-comfortable.

A collected canter is when the horse “collects” its head. or arches its neck and brings thier chin to there chest. Its often used in dressage.

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@gabbybella123
Message me if you’d like, i will exsplain there isnt enough room here :]

@LinkandZeldalover What you are describing is a disunited or cross canter. A counter canter is when you are intentionally on the “wrong” lead, it is a good balancing and collecting exercise. Collecting (in a nutshell, in a dressage sense) is when the horse transfers more weight to the hind legs and makes the steps shorter and higher, it doesn’t have so much to do with the head although the horse does have to be round to do it.

@Lenduror Give me a break, that is not rollkur.

@diamondblue16 His chin is not tucked to his chest. There is nothing wrong with periodically making the horse rounder to help him come more over his back.

@UltimateDQ Wow, thank you :] I didn’t know exactly what it was. But my friend helped me correct it, we had to pull the outside rein up and roll my heel into him on the inside leg. He quit doing it :] but thank you for letting me know what it was that he was doing.

@UltimateDQ you cannot help a horse come through his back more by pulling his head in. It ALL starts in the hide end. If she wanted to allow him to stretch his back she should let him stretch FORWARD on a long rein.

@diamondblue16 I am also not a fan of “pulling the head in” and so I don’t love some of the terminology this instructor is using. That being said, some horses have an easier time letting go in their back in a rounder frame, and once the back lets go then the hind legs can come more under. It is very difficult and sometimes counter productive to try to push hind legs into a tight back. Stretching forward has it’s place but not so much if we are trying to get the hind legs under.

Yes, Extend him… Awesome Cresting! Beautiful! Her hands arn’t as quiet as they should be with the rains… Horse looks great! She has to Hold Him! Exactly… He’s working with Bending that’s awesome! WoW! This Vid brought back some Memories.. Awesome Vid! Looked like the rider was working hard, and they got a lot of work done too!

You have a beautiful horse.

instructor is g8. who is it?

Beautiful horse! My horse is a 7 yr old connemara stally, he doesn’t canter well

@robrob125 Thanx, sorry cannot ID trainer. We are in the UK.

im in the uk! shame he sounds g8! thnaks anyway!