Ok, I see this with my Arab. She's 11 so Is set in her ways but she also is wanting to please me. Can you suggest more ideas here as well? Mares have a tendency to do the ol " oh ya, well I'll show you" tude when they don't want to listen. I'm pretty much training her as green.
if the horses i ride are tense there is no way i can do canter cause then it'd definitely turn into a gallop against my will! many boring shapes may work though
On occasion, my PRE likes to get himself wound up and thinks it’s all go. I do multiple 15 metre circles at trot or walk down the long sides until he realizes that every time he wants to speed off or be silly he has to circle. Because he anticipates like crazy he figures it out fairly quickly. The repetition of the circles is almost meditative for him and calms him down. I also alternate with lateral work, but have found the circle strategy really works the most consistently.
Ok, I just watched very closely when you told him to move over and I did not see your legs move at all. Your reins stayed firm until the reward. How do you get that move over in the first place?
I find that a productive, relaxed canter session is super helpful for those hotter/anxious horses as well. Working especially with hotter breeds like thoroughbreds, etc. it is such a benefit to work their brain versus "lunging it out of them," which creates a more fit/more anxious horse without resolving the main concern. I find it interesting that when they do accept the leg, they end up enjoying the "push" and support of my leg!
Please anyone watching- if you’re interested in having the Pixio system, reply with a comment. Unfortunately I’ve not been able to use mine, so it’s been unused for a long time. I’d love to sell it for a super affordable price to someone who will use it for Dressage ❤️ hoping Amelia doesn’t mind my comment… I genuinely just want it to go to one of her students 😌
My mare is the same way - hot, but relaxes more in canter. So when she's hot, I do a lot of canter work (circles, simple changes, etc) and wait until she relaxes. As soon as she settles and submits to the aids, I reward her by walking on a loose rein and usually if I've done it right she walks calmly and is super chill. Then when I pick her up and go back to work, that's when I do the hard stuff. Then when it's good, back to walk and reward so that she learns that submission and relaxation get rewarded and if she's hot and resistant she just has to keep working.
Hwy amelia! Si ce speakibg with you last, i tried a few things with my arab. I actually siccessed woth teaching yer leg yoekds from tje saddle simply by teaching her to associaye my leg woth her nose. Then, i took tje nose away and asked her to follow it WHILE obeying my leg. In a yrot, sje is moving lateral ! The funny thing us that i was inly working on tje yields. Needkess to say, i rewarded her greatly fir this amd now she does it on commamd. This inly took five min! I see a lot of potential in her. Could you email me an actual floor show outline? Im on your mail list aleady. But i would love to see a thru z of wjat is a good routine( all moves) you would do wjen practicing with your horses.
This is the video I’ve been looking for! Though I do have a specific question. I’ve been having problems riding the simple change on a straight line. My horse is very hot and sensitive and when we come down to a walk from the canter, unless we trot him or have him walk on the long rein immediately, he would tense up in the medium walk and sort of drift his hind to the outside. Is there a training method to help him be relaxed in the few steps of walk during the simple change to keep him straight?
Great Question! So it's important to remember that Relaxation is part of suppleness on the training scale, which is a few steps before straightness on the training scale. So we have to solve the relaxation/lack of suppleness first before we can have our horse straight (in any work!). Adding a 10m walk circle as soon as you transition from canter to trot can help with the lateral bend and help the walk be more supple/relaxed over the topline. Then once they can do that reliably, you make it less and less lateral bend, so from the 10m circle you go into a leg-yield in the walk, then shoulder in, then a little shoulder fore. Until eventually they can be straighter with the suppleness still in their body.
My mare leans on the left rein and my trainer always reminds me that when she leans on it I have to relax it and take away her lean, take away what she’s leaning on, if that makes sense. She also can get hot. Retired jumper so she’s all business til she gets the signal that the show’s over. I do some leg yields and circles and also go over some poles. I’ll trot one, walk the second, etc to keep her listening. She anticipates and gets anxious to please so it’s important to keep on her with what I DO want so she doesn’t jig at the walk or think about cantering without permission. 😂 I’ve had her almost a year and we’ve both made great progress, I’m so thrilled. I like what you said about doing boring stuff. When I first got her, some days we just walked (BORING!!) but it helped reprogram her from “gallop over stuff fast” to “maybe there’s other jobs to do.” I’m going to remember the tips from this video when I ride tomorrow if she’s a bit hot.
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage She was peppy but relaxed on Sunday, so no "boring" exercises needed. She had impulsion and energy, but came back from the canter to a relaxed beautiful walk (hard for her, once she canters, she doesn't want to walk). Today was a lesson, and she had more pep than I'd have liked, but it was a learning moment of course, as she tried to canter over a pole we were supposed to trot, and then turn in the opposite direction we were supposed to go. 🤦♀🤷♀🙄😵💫🦄🦄🦄 I stayed upright though and that's what counts! In all seriousness, she's very safe and takes good care of me, but I did have to hold my own as she broke into a canter and tried to turn right when the instructions was to trot the pole, turn left, and either pick up the canter from the trot or come back to a walk first. No choice for me. Oh well. LOVE your videos and stuff! 💞💞💞💞
Thanks Amelia. Lateral work always helps to warm up your reactive horse, especially if you haven't been undersaddle for a couple of days because of the weather.
Awesome advice as always. Btw, I love that top - I would think it would be a super visual for a student to wear in a lesson for a trainer to see imbalance or asymmetry in the rider's upper body.
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Thank You Amelia!!!
Ok, I see this with my Arab. She's 11 so Is set in her ways but she also is wanting to please me. Can you suggest more ideas here as well? Mares have a tendency to do the ol " oh ya, well I'll show you" tude when they don't want to listen. I'm pretty much training her as green.
if the horses i ride are tense there is no way i can do canter cause then it'd definitely turn into a gallop against my will! many boring shapes may work though
On occasion, my PRE likes to get himself wound up and thinks it’s all go. I do multiple 15 metre circles at trot or walk down the long sides until he realizes that every time he wants to speed off or be silly he has to circle. Because he anticipates like crazy he figures it out fairly quickly. The repetition of the circles is almost meditative for him and calms him down. I also alternate with lateral work, but have found the circle strategy really works the most consistently.
Ok, I just watched very closely when you told him to move over and I did not see your legs move at all. Your reins stayed firm until the reward. How do you get that move over in the first place?
With the leg aid!
I find that a productive, relaxed canter session is super helpful for those hotter/anxious horses as well. Working especially with hotter breeds like thoroughbreds, etc. it is such a benefit to work their brain versus "lunging it out of them," which creates a more fit/more anxious horse without resolving the main concern. I find it interesting that when they do accept the leg, they end up enjoying the "push" and support of my leg!
Hi Amelia , where can i find a shirt/ jacket like you are wearing ? love the stripes for visiual. gina
I sell them on my store! dressagebyamelia.com
Please anyone watching- if you’re interested in having the Pixio system, reply with a comment. Unfortunately I’ve not been able to use mine, so it’s been unused for a long time. I’d love to sell it for a super affordable price to someone who will use it for Dressage ❤️ hoping Amelia doesn’t mind my comment… I genuinely just want it to go to one of her students 😌
My mare is the same way - hot, but relaxes more in canter. So when she's hot, I do a lot of canter work (circles, simple changes, etc) and wait until she relaxes. As soon as she settles and submits to the aids, I reward her by walking on a loose rein and usually if I've done it right she walks calmly and is super chill. Then when I pick her up and go back to work, that's when I do the hard stuff. Then when it's good, back to walk and reward so that she learns that submission and relaxation get rewarded and if she's hot and resistant she just has to keep working.
Here's my issue though any time I try to do lateral work Call my temporary all he wants to do to lateral work after. He becomes overly sensitive
Be sure to break it up with going forward!
Hwy amelia! Si ce speakibg with you last, i tried a few things with my arab. I actually siccessed woth teaching yer leg yoekds from tje saddle simply by teaching her to associaye my leg woth her nose. Then, i took tje nose away and asked her to follow it WHILE obeying my leg. In a yrot, sje is moving lateral ! The funny thing us that i was inly working on tje yields. Needkess to say, i rewarded her greatly fir this amd now she does it on commamd. This inly took five min! I see a lot of potential in her. Could you email me an actual floor show outline? Im on your mail list aleady. But i would love to see a thru z of wjat is a good routine( all moves) you would do wjen practicing with your horses.
Have a look at this free PDF on Patterns and figures amelianewcombdressage.com/lead-gen-patterns-figures-2024-a/?UA-cam&Weekly+Videos
This is the video I’ve been looking for! Though I do have a specific question. I’ve been having problems riding the simple change on a straight line. My horse is very hot and sensitive and when we come down to a walk from the canter, unless we trot him or have him walk on the long rein immediately, he would tense up in the medium walk and sort of drift his hind to the outside. Is there a training method to help him be relaxed in the few steps of walk during the simple change to keep him straight?
Great Question! So it's important to remember that Relaxation is part of suppleness on the training scale, which is a few steps before straightness on the training scale. So we have to solve the relaxation/lack of suppleness first before we can have our horse straight (in any work!). Adding a 10m walk circle as soon as you transition from canter to trot can help with the lateral bend and help the walk be more supple/relaxed over the topline. Then once they can do that reliably, you make it less and less lateral bend, so from the 10m circle you go into a leg-yield in the walk, then shoulder in, then a little shoulder fore. Until eventually they can be straighter with the suppleness still in their body.
This was great. Thank you!
Even if it just came out of the box?
My mare leans on the left rein and my trainer always reminds me that when she leans on it I have to relax it and take away her lean, take away what she’s leaning on, if that makes sense. She also can get hot. Retired jumper so she’s all business til she gets the signal that the show’s over. I do some leg yields and circles and also go over some poles. I’ll trot one, walk the second, etc to keep her listening. She anticipates and gets anxious to please so it’s important to keep on her with what I DO want so she doesn’t jig at the walk or think about cantering without permission. 😂
I’ve had her almost a year and we’ve both made great progress, I’m so thrilled. I like what you said about doing boring stuff. When I first got her, some days we just walked (BORING!!) but it helped reprogram her from “gallop over stuff fast” to “maybe there’s other jobs to do.” I’m going to remember the tips from this video when I ride tomorrow if she’s a bit hot.
Yes! I think this will help a lot - let me know how it goes!
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage She was peppy but relaxed on Sunday, so no "boring" exercises needed. She had impulsion and energy, but came back from the canter to a relaxed beautiful walk (hard for her, once she canters, she doesn't want to walk). Today was a lesson, and she had more pep than I'd have liked, but it was a learning moment of course, as she tried to canter over a pole we were supposed to trot, and then turn in the opposite direction we were supposed to go. 🤦♀🤷♀🙄😵💫🦄🦄🦄
I stayed upright though and that's what counts!
In all seriousness, she's very safe and takes good care of me, but I did have to hold my own as she broke into a canter and tried to turn right when the instructions was to trot the pole, turn left, and either pick up the canter from the trot or come back to a walk first. No choice for me. Oh well.
LOVE your videos and stuff! 💞💞💞💞
Thanks Amelia. Lateral work always helps to warm up your reactive horse, especially if you haven't been undersaddle for a couple of days because of the weather.
Thank you so much !
Excellent !!!
Awesome advice as always. Btw, I love that top - I would think it would be a super visual for a student to wear in a lesson for a trainer to see imbalance or asymmetry in the rider's upper body.
Yes! I sell them in my store: dressagebyamelia.com
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You're so right about keeping them busy with boring stuff, I often do weaving in and out of cones as a way to help release energy
That's a great way to get them focused!
That is true.
Very helpful, thank you. ❤
You're so welcome!
Thank you for this video. This is exactly what I’m working on with my horse now.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you