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Dressage | Medium
La variation d'amplitude est un excellant indicateur de la tonicité de la sangle thoracique. Cette variation met l'équilibre du cheval à l'épreuve et lui demande donc de "se tenir" donc de maintenir son centre de gravité, et donc de solliciter sa sangle thoracique.
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Dressage | Customizable
The walk-trot transition is a good indicator of the tone of the thoracic sling. If your horse tries to avoid using its thoracic sling, the quality of your transition will suffer.
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Groundwork | Hard
Perform a complete sequence of lateral movements over various obstacles, aiming for maximum fluidity, precision, and connection with your horse.
PREMIUM
Groundwork | Medium
Cue and refine lateral movements until your horse can perform them over a ground pole, to improve precision, hoof control, and desensitisation.
PREMIUM
Groundwork | Easy
Learn to obtain smooth and light lateral movements on the ground, starting from good hip control and a fine response to the stick cues.
Jumping | Medium
Control the horse on approach and landing over jumps.
Coach's advice
Dressage | Hard
To supple the horse, improve hindquarter engagement, and increase stride length.
PREMIUM
Long rein | Medium
Be able to perform a figure-eight at the trot with two equal circles, including a transition to a halt, then backing up at the center of the figure-eight.
PREMIUM
Groundwork | Easy
Teaching the horse to move backward toward you by aspiration, meaning to step back while coming toward the human located behind him.
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Groundwork | Medium
Desensitising the horse to objects on the ground so that he is not afraid when they pass in front of or behind him. 👉 This exercise is an excellent prerequisite for long-reining work, but it also helps make the horse braver, more confident, and calm in unusual situations.
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Long rein | Medium
Getting the horse used to the presence of the outside long rein, in preparation for long-reining work.
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Groundwork | Easy
The “changing eyes” exercise teaches the horse to follow a pressure, even when that pressure asks him to move in the opposite direction from the human. 🧠 This exercise develops: the horse’s ability to think, his ability to respond correctly to pressure, his confidence when moving without directly “following” the human.
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Groundwork | Easy
Help your horse understand that: 👉 When a pressure comes from behind his hindquarters (here using a 3.70 m rope), he should move forward. 👉 But when the rope is simply present or moves lightly, no reaction is expected ➝ this is desensitisation work. ✨ This exercise is a key prerequisite for long-reining in a halter: later on, the outside rein will help encourage forward movement. However, it is essential that the horse does not become anxious about this action.
PREMIUM
Groundwork | Easy
Being able to lead in both eyes with a connected horse — first in zone 2, then in zones 3 and 4
Groundwork | Medium
Suppleness, guidance, foot placement control
Cavalettis | Hard
The aim is to use lateral work to achieve straightness, then proceed to jump the cavaletti, all while managing the horse's pace. This exercise develops straightness, lateral suppleness, accuracy of track, and quality of canter in front of a jump.
Jumping | Medium
React quickly, work on rider reflexes
PREMIUM
Dressage | Hard
Halt – rein-back – depart in collected trot
PREMIUM
Dressage | Medium
Alternating a counter-shoulder-fore and a shoulder-fore down the long side
PREMIUM
Dressage | Easy
Asking for intra-gait transitions in all three gaits on a 20-meter circle
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Getting the spacing between poles wrong is one of the classic reasons a jumping session falls apart. Our automatic distance calculator gives you the spacing to aim for — an estimate — based on your horse's size and the gait you are working: approaches, strides, fences, ground poles. Enough to help you set your grid up right.
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Groundwork and lungeing let you keep progressing on the days you do not ride, or with a horse coming back into work. Equifeel and mountain trail build confidence and handiness — useful well beyond their own disciplines.
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