Friday 9/10/10....
Another day a slow repetitions. Worked on stops and collection. The two naturally work together and it is hard to have a correct stop without correct collection. Collection is more than just having a horse that will flex at the poll and give to the bit. Think of collection as using your body/thighs to push the horse through his ears. You want his back to "round" up, which in turn pulls the horses hind legs up under them. Thus causing the horse to use their hind legs to move themselves forward.
All that said....this was the bulk of the afternoon with Star. Slow collected trotting (helps her to calm down) and smooth stops. She has shown a lot of growth in her development, but as I have said before training horses is all about repetition and consistent cues.
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