An Introduction to starting Dressage In-Hand
An introduction to Dressage in-hand, giving you the tools and confidence to start inhand education with your horse, building strong foundations from the ground-up.
Simplifying holding the reins and body positioning.
A raw inhand demonstration, 10 minutes with a lovely cob.
Basic exercises that encourage the horse to use his body more gymnasticly and something for a rainy day!
A closer look of how to hold the reins and use of the aids
A basic intro of how I start young horses inhand
Various Inhand Exercises that can be used alone or progressively together Inhand or before riding as a warm up.
First inhand session with a 3 year old mare.
A sequence of exercises I find useful for mobilisation. This is like yoga for your horse, asking him to use his body in a gymnastic way.
Join me for a little inhand session with a horse who is currently in rehabilitation
My final thoughts whilst demonstrating progressive inhand work over the years with my compromised gelding. He has PSSM1,MIM,RER,COPD. Poor conformation as a result there's been alot of compromise/tension patterns. He also has arthritic hocks, stifles and elbows but the diagnosis hasn't held him back and I truly believe inhand and classical work has helped him stay sound.
A recap and further information