Hi Alicia, I just wanted to tell you that you are an amazing instructor. I am an old dressage rider and also a psychology doctor, I have seen many, many wonderful dressage instructors and I can tell you with absolute confidence that you are a virtuoso(a) trainer or instructor as you may prefer to be called. Thank you for your wonderful lesson. Salud !!!
As just a regular rider, she explains things in a way that I've never heard in 15 years of lessons. 20 minute youtube videos are making concepts click better than the years of attempting things over and over and getting nowhere. Alicia as a coach you're amazing!
Love it, thank you! Here's an idea to build on these training scale videos (which you touched on for impulsion) - different exercises for each tier of the training scale? Thank you for your wonderful informative videos 💕
Hi i am french ( sorry for that...), i would like to see a typical training session that respect the progression scale.thanks for your very clear explanations...
I see the Training Scale as the principles of dressage, & to have each section of the pyramid & their inter-relatiinship so fully explained, is so illuminating & useful! To have a clear understanding at least provides a foundation for the physical training, that we can keep going back to, even when the moves feel illusive. I have loved learning about the Training Scale & continue to go back periodically, to reinforce my understanding, to improve my riding overall!! Knowledge definitely is power! At least I know now, what I'm aspiring to; & it makes so much sense! Thankyou again Alicia, for deciphering the language of dressage! ❤ it!!! 🐎🐎🐎🐎🙏
If you follow our videos on leg yield, shoulder in (and other laterals to come later) they show you the correct ways to ride the movements and how to use them to help in your training. Then it is a matter of you knowing which to use to help your own horse x
Alicia you are incredible ! I cannot believe this content is available to us for free. THANK YOU! So easy to understand, fun to watch and information that sticks. Blessings upon you!
Wow...this now makes so much sense and puts direction into every ride...this 2 parter you've done on the traing scale is something I'll be watching again and again! Thank you!
Thank again, Alicia and Tasha. OK those two videos were about the “what” and “why”. This whole master lesson would be incomplete with out now getting into the “HOW”. Will you please be so nice and tell us some exercises and movements to how to workout the different stages of the pirámide? Thank you.
Great question! We had this come up from a few people, try watching this video ua-cam.com/video/qd7D4TMrBiQ/v-deo.html as Alicia talks about "testing" the Training Scale and I will also ask Alicia to give an answer on this one in detail for you. ✨
Wow Alicia. Thanks again for you brilliant explanation. Light bulb moment for me was your explanation of straightness. Well done. Now to go ride and practise the training scale. 😁🐴
Alicia we can't thank you enough for your thorough explanations, it just goes to show that training a horse is no easy matter! On this note, Tash I really miss you and your videos 😞
I really got goosebumps)) it's the best channel ever and your advices are only ones that really helped and work. I can't wait for my next riding to try these tips. Many thanks to you ❤️❤️❤️
Questions in the end ⬇️⬇️ Wonderful videos, it's given me so much. I've taken notes and I feel much more confident about my understanding of this. I also realized what I was doing wrong with horses I rode. Thank you thank you thank you! My questions: What are the basics of helping a horse avoiding contact be more supple and be longer and rounder, to reach down? How do we create that more power what impulsion is? How do you do a half halt, other than on your reins? What do you think about using side reins (after proper warm-up) to help rider and horse with keeping the right frame when connection isn't that great? Horse likes to go with it's neck in the air, hollow backed, either running away or not moving forward for anything, he usually avoids contact first. Thank you if you answer! - Kitti
Alicia…another winner. Excellent description and visuals. Stefan Peters says he rides the three S’s. Suppleness, Suppleness, Suppleness in everything he does. Keep it coming. 😍
Having the scales of training reinforced has really helped me work out exactly what I am aiming to achieve on my young horse. I can literally start a session and go step by step to build up to connection. Feeling confident with the process because I have a clear path to follow and I've already seen improvement! EXCITING! Thank you 🌟
Thank you, Alicia, this is just a perfect explanation of the dressage art. Based on this understanding of the whole concept, I can learn more consciously. And this makes me able to watch properly competitions, understanding what they are doing there!
Thanks for this Alicia! My mare is competing at Elementary level but we’re struggling to her past it because we are both so uneven! The right - great, the left - disaster! It’s definitely become a blocker for us because we’re struggling with learning changes and introducing travers and half pass 😑 looking forward to more videos on these basics! Exercises we can do to test and correct the elements of the training scale will always be useful ✨ keep doing what you’re doing! It’s fantastic 🥳
Thank you for your comments, its great that you can look objectively at the training with your horse and work out where the missing link is - if you take time to ensure the basic paces and work is of a good quality you will find she will progress much more easily. 🤩
I love your videos! The way you teach is so easy to understand, and I have learned so much about dressage from this channel. I love dressage, but I work with small ponies, so I can’t ride. Can you do videos on long reigning or in hand dressage? It’s a topic that i can’t find in many other videos, and I’d really like to see your little pony piaffe!
I have no basics with my thoroughbred, we have had hurdles (like you wouldn't believe) put in our way throughout our first year or so together. I'm on the cusp of just accepting all we'll ever do is hack and maybe get a foal or two off her, I have no idea what potential she has because I have no idea wha potential I have either. I really don't know what to do next with her, but I am enjoying watching your videos and feel inspired to at least get back on her.
I am so glad to hear the videos are giving you inspiration - this is what it is all about! Try just taking a deep breath and starting a little from the beginning with her and remember it takes patience with something new (for you and her). Good luck and remember to ask as many questions as you need to!
I like it and it is helpful and it is help me win I ride my horse and I like your videos it help win I ride my horse and keep your videos going and thank you
Thank you so much ! I am still searching for suppleness and connection when I take riding courses, I hope I will learn to go further this year ! Can you make videos about how to work on suppleness and contact as a "novice" rider ?
Hi Marion, the Training Scale works in this order even if you are a "novice" rider, it may just take longer at some of the stages if you need to practice your execution of the aids or work on your position. You might find Alicia's videos about position helpful also ua-cam.com/video/qL8swhRKY5s/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for these incredibly informative videos. You have such a knack of explaining something that used to seem complicated and making it easy to understand. I was wondering if you could talk about how to get a horse off the forehand and lighter in your hands. I find my guy is happy to take the contact but I feel like he’s likes to lean and pull down.
Hi Alicia and Tash! I have a question that I think might make a really good module. It is "How do I know what level my horse is ready to show?" Even though I have schooled higher, I continue to find the span between Training & 2nd Level (US/Canada) very nebulous. I think there are lots of riders struggling with when to upgrade in a way that will ultimately be successful and not end up with a 50% on their new test!!
This is a great question and Alicia has made a video on social media for you with the answer, find Your Riding Success on Facebook and Instagram and you will see the answer x
Hi Alicia, thank you so much for all your content! I love your videos and your enthusiasm and passion for dressage! Your explanations are really helping make sense of why I struggle with certain things in my lessons! (They are definitely linked to suppleness!!) xx
Alicia, new to your channel but you have such an amazing way of clearly explaining the scales of training. There are so many different tests within the levels of dressage. At the lowest levels of dressage e.g walk & trot test, preliminary, novice I don't understand what the judges are looking for. Also why do judges give a mark but no comment. How do you know when your horse is ready to go to the next level or the next test within a level. If that makes sense.
Perfect analysis of the Training Scales. Just on a side note, do you find most horses (not raced horses) are stiffer to the right than the left? Would you work a horse more on the stiff side, or both sides equally.
Hey Gitte, glad you love the videos! Have you seen this one? Honestly it is just the training scale that develops the horses balance, of course exercises like leg yield etc help upright the horse but if you keep following the system it will work! ua-cam.com/video/-Wi71i_uKsI/v-deo.html
Hello Alicia! What kind of riding do you do outside of the arena to get, & keep your horses in shape & also not bored? Thank you for sharing your abilities with us!!
It's very helpful as always. It can be easy for a new horse to train and even took less time as compared to a crooked horse.so can you plz elaborate is same for older horses who are in different disciplines and we want to retrain for dressage.if is not in this way so what is the different approach to retrain them.plz answer that 😊
When you are training horses if the horse is more straight in the paces to begin with it is easier to train as the starting point is more neutral compared to a horse than is very crooked to start. Retraining for dressage you follow same system, with older horses you just need to be mindful of their soundness. Hope this helps!
If you watch all 3 videos in the Training Scale series and follow each step you are on the right track. If you need more individual help then reach out to us and we can help with your exact situation at support@yourridingsuccess.com
Hi Gemmah! Alicia is based right outside London! We are planning to have people be able to come for opportunities to ride on schoolmasters this year! Be sure you are subscribed to the channel so you don't miss out on any announcements about this!
Hi Alicia, I have a mare who is Extremely Busy with her mouth, she is always trying to spit the bit out. I have good hands and a good seat but maintaining a soft and consistent contact is Extremely hard with her. If I take a light contact she will go behind the verticle. Any suggestions? THANKS - APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE!
Hey Peggy, you just need to stay focussed on the training scale as this will solve fussiness in the mouth and a reluctance to accept the bit. Remember is rhythm plus suppleness equals connection.
hello Alicia! thank you so much for your videos. I train in a dressage school and I ride a mare which is around 15 years old. my question is: sometimes we ride and we get enough connection, but when it comes to transitions, mostly the downward ones like rrot to walk or canter to walk we loose connection. what do you recommend us doing? thank you again and greetings form Russia😊
Thanks for reaching out and glad you are loving the channel! If you lose the connection in the transitions it means you have lost control of an element of the horse before connection. Ie suppleness or balance on the horses 4 feet or rein contact. It would help you to film your ride and watch the horses way of going when it is connected and then watch the way of going when you lose the connection and you will see what you are losing. Let me know how you go!
Are the scales of training important in other sports and forms of riding or just dressage? Does the horse have to have some form of a frame or throughness to be able to carry the rider effectively and not cause any damage? For instance if a trail horse is hollow and not familiar with the scales of training, will it have negative effects on its body? Or is just being supple and relaxed enough to build adequate muscle to effectively carry a rider?
It is helpful for horses of all disciplines to have a basis of dressage as it helps to make their body strong and also gives the rider some control to be able to steer, adjust the speed etc.
Hi Alicia, I had a question I wanted to ask a couple of months ago I bought a 13 year old Ottb gelding. I have done some jumping on him but trying to focus more on our flat/dressage. I am really struggling to get him in a frame, I know he can go in one. My question is am I focusing too much on getting him into a frame or am I holding him back. Thanks Charlotte
@@YourRidingSuccess mostly connection. My horse bobs and hates the connection. Avoids it. He's a great horse. Something I did along the way. I think its a habit now 🤔🤔🤔
Totally get it! We would love to help you work on overcoming this! We can set you up with a month free of access to our Dressage Mastery program so you can come to our live coaching sessions to get some advice. Can you kindly email us at support@yourridingsuccess.com and quote this comment?
If you follow the scale you will be surprised how far you go! And you can compete at PSG without having top of Training Scale!! The true tests of collection in the test are in Grand Prix , pirouettes on the centreline. Also you may find you have small amounts of time at the top in collection and then build on it. The Training Scale is fluid and you move up and down it as you train 💕
Hi, my name is Lisa, another question regarding pyramid. From test to test (Juniors level) I get comments from judges: the horse is tense, he is not going through the back, not going through the bridle. I’m wondering where something is missing because I most of the time work on suppleness. I know that he hasn’t a strong back: lack of muscles and conformational difficulties: hunters bump. How could I improve these comments?
Hi Lisa, great question, when the judges are making comments such as these it means they are seeing a horse that is not connected (over back into the bridle, taking the contact). Even though you might be working on suppleness, it could be that you need more suppleness to connect your horse, or perhaps your contact is not even for him to connect into or perhaps you need a different exercise. It is a little hard without seeing your horse (if you are interested in more personalised help you can contact us at support@yourridingsuccess.com) hope this helps!! 💕
Hi Alicia, I just wanted to tell you that you are an amazing instructor. I am an old dressage rider and also a psychology doctor, I have seen many, many wonderful dressage instructors and I can tell you with absolute confidence that you are a virtuoso(a) trainer or instructor as you may prefer to be called. Thank you for your wonderful lesson. Salud !!!
As just a regular rider, she explains things in a way that I've never heard in 15 years of lessons. 20 minute youtube videos are making concepts click better than the years of attempting things over and over and getting nowhere. Alicia as a coach you're amazing!
Thank you for your lovely words, I will show this to Alicia as she will love hearing this 💕
Wow such lovely feedback, thank you x
“Impulsion is not putting in the accelerator. It’s blowing up the balloon.”
Great analogy. Love it
Love the "ah ha" moment
Love it, thank you! Here's an idea to build on these training scale videos (which you touched on for impulsion) - different exercises for each tier of the training scale? Thank you for your wonderful informative videos 💕
Great question, we have had some similar questions so stay tuned as I will ask Alicia to answer in one of her Q&A sessions 💕
I give a standing ovation
Thank you 🙏🏻
Hi i am french ( sorry for that...), i would like to see a typical training session that respect the progression scale.thanks for your very clear explanations...
Stay tuned into our channel in the future as we will be doing more videos about this 🤩
I see the Training Scale as the principles of dressage, & to have each section of the pyramid & their inter-relatiinship so fully explained, is so illuminating & useful! To have a clear understanding at least provides a foundation for the physical training, that we can keep going back to, even when the moves feel illusive. I have loved learning about the Training Scale & continue to go back periodically, to reinforce my understanding, to improve my riding overall!! Knowledge definitely is power! At least I know now, what I'm aspiring to; & it makes so much sense! Thankyou again Alicia, for deciphering the language of dressage! ❤ it!!!
🐎🐎🐎🐎🙏
Thank you so much Benita!! Love that you are learning so much! :)
Can we please have a video showing suppling exercises incorporating the right way and the wrong way!
If you follow our videos on leg yield, shoulder in (and other laterals to come later) they show you the correct ways to ride the movements and how to use them to help in your training. Then it is a matter of you knowing which to use to help your own horse x
Alicia you are incredible ! I cannot believe this content is available to us for free. THANK YOU! So easy to understand, fun to watch and information that sticks. Blessings upon you!
Thank you!
Wow...this now makes so much sense and puts direction into every ride...this 2 parter you've done on the traing scale is something I'll be watching again and again! Thank you!
Yessss! So good to read this xx
Thank again, Alicia and Tasha. OK those two videos were about the “what” and “why”. This whole master lesson would be incomplete with out now getting into the “HOW”. Will you please be so nice and tell us some exercises and movements to how to workout the different stages of the pirámide? Thank you.
Great question! We had this come up from a few people, try watching this video ua-cam.com/video/qd7D4TMrBiQ/v-deo.html as Alicia talks about "testing" the Training Scale and I will also ask Alicia to give an answer on this one in detail for you. ✨
You are not just a great rider but also a wonderful teacher, thank you:)
Happy to help!
Wow Alicia. Thanks again for you brilliant explanation. Light bulb moment for me was your explanation of straightness. Well done. Now to go ride and practise the training scale. 😁🐴
Love this!!!
Alicia we can't thank you enough for your thorough explanations, it just goes to show that training a horse is no easy matter! On this note, Tash I really miss you and your videos 😞
Thank you Christina! 🤩
Hard for me to remember all of this...will take a long time to put it all together in the right order. Thank you.
You're welcome :)
I really got goosebumps)) it's the best channel ever and your advices are only ones that really helped and work. I can't wait for my next riding to try these tips. Many thanks to you ❤️❤️❤️
Wow this is so nice to read!! Thank you 🙏🏻
I could watch part 1 and 2 over and over. Really good explanations! Thank you
So glad you enjoyed both parts so much!!
Wow! I love how you teach with such clarity and imagery!
Thank you so much!
On of the best explanation of the training scale ever ear! So usefull for riding and teaching. Agathe from France
Yay! 💯
Absolutely beautifull and simple to understand explanations, people like you make others also to love what you do. Outstanding and lovely:)
Wow, thank you! Such a lovely comment to read!
Hola Alicia: Muchas gracias por explicar con tanta simplicidad cada paso de la escala de entrenamiento. !! Desde Argentina. Saludos
So glad you are enjoying the videos so much! Thanks for watching! x
Starting this dressage thing been doing hunters for as far as I can remember but now it dressage I need as much help as I can get ❤
Love it!!!
Alicia, you are amazing! You explain things in a way that I understand.
Glad it was helpful!
Questions in the end ⬇️⬇️
Wonderful videos, it's given me so much. I've taken notes and I feel much more confident about my understanding of this. I also realized what I was doing wrong with horses I rode. Thank you thank you thank you!
My questions:
What are the basics of helping a horse avoiding contact be more supple and be longer and rounder, to reach down?
How do we create that more power what impulsion is?
How do you do a half halt, other than on your reins?
What do you think about using side reins (after proper warm-up) to help rider and horse with keeping the right frame when connection isn't that great? Horse likes to go with it's neck in the air, hollow backed, either running away or not moving forward for anything, he usually avoids contact first.
Thank you if you answer!
- Kitti
Hi Kitti, Great questions!!! I am going to ask Alicia to answer these questions for you more in depth, stay tuned for an answer x
Love your explanation about the measures for suppleness. Or lack of suppleness.
Glad it was helpful!
Alicia…another winner. Excellent description and visuals. Stefan Peters says he rides the three S’s. Suppleness, Suppleness, Suppleness in everything he does. Keep it coming. 😍
Yes! Thank you! Always need suppleness 🤩
Having the scales of training reinforced has really helped me work out exactly what I am aiming to achieve on my young horse. I can literally start a session and go step by step to build up to connection. Feeling confident with the process because I have a clear path to follow and I've already seen improvement! EXCITING! Thank you 🌟
Love reading this! It is so lovely to hear how helpful it is for you and how much you are learning x
Thank you, Alicia, this is just a perfect explanation of the dressage art. Based on this understanding of the whole concept, I can learn more consciously. And this makes me able to watch properly competitions, understanding what they are doing there!
You are so welcome! x
Thank you so much! I have always struggled with not understanding the behinds of dressage… now i get it all!
You are so welcome!
I wish you were still in Australia!!
The great thing about the internet is you can still have Alicia on your screen in Australia so it is almost like she is there!!
Thanks for this Alicia!
My mare is competing at Elementary level but we’re struggling to her past it because we are both so uneven! The right - great, the left - disaster! It’s definitely become a blocker for us because we’re struggling with learning changes and introducing travers and half pass 😑 looking forward to more videos on these basics! Exercises we can do to test and correct the elements of the training scale will always be useful ✨ keep doing what you’re doing! It’s fantastic 🥳
Thank you for your comments, its great that you can look objectively at the training with your horse and work out where the missing link is - if you take time to ensure the basic paces and work is of a good quality you will find she will progress much more easily. 🤩
Again. Thank you for this gift!!
😘
I love your videos! The way you teach is so easy to understand, and I have learned so much about dressage from this channel. I love dressage, but I work with small ponies, so I can’t ride. Can you do videos on long reigning or in hand dressage? It’s a topic that i can’t find in many other videos, and I’d really like to see your little pony piaffe!
Thanks for the feedback! I will ask Alicia about this one x
This is so good information. Love dressage!
Glad it was helpful!
This is brilliant so amazingly correct!
So happy you are loving it!
I love your training, just love it
YAY!!
Honestly love these videos, Alicia’s enthusiasm is lovely to see and is infectious - she always make me want to go straight out and try her tips! x
Glad you are enjoying the content 💕
I have no basics with my thoroughbred, we have had hurdles (like you wouldn't believe) put in our way throughout our first year or so together. I'm on the cusp of just accepting all we'll ever do is hack and maybe get a foal or two off her, I have no idea what potential she has because I have no idea wha potential I have either. I really don't know what to do next with her, but I am enjoying watching your videos and feel inspired to at least get back on her.
I am so glad to hear the videos are giving you inspiration - this is what it is all about! Try just taking a deep breath and starting a little from the beginning with her and remember it takes patience with something new (for you and her). Good luck and remember to ask as many questions as you need to!
Epic and clear explanation. Thank you! xx
Glad it was helpful!
This is so very helpful!!! Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed the video so much!
I like it and it is helpful and it is help me win I ride my horse and I like your videos it help win I ride my horse and keep your videos going and thank you
I'm so glad! Thank you for your lovely comments x
Thank you so much ! I am still searching for suppleness and connection when I take riding courses, I hope I will learn to go further this year ! Can you make videos about how to work on suppleness and contact as a "novice" rider ?
Hi Marion, the Training Scale works in this order even if you are a "novice" rider, it may just take longer at some of the stages if you need to practice your execution of the aids or work on your position. You might find Alicia's videos about position helpful also ua-cam.com/video/qL8swhRKY5s/v-deo.html
@@YourRidingSuccess Thanks !!
So so helpful! Thank you!!
You're so welcome!
You’re amazing 🤩! Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you x
Love this ! Really keen to see exercises to implement in your training as you go through the levels 👌🏽🙏
Glad you like them! If you follow Mowgley's journey too you will see the Training Scale in action!
Another fantastic video! Thank you so much, your enthusiasm is contagious!
Love this, thank you x
Thank you so much for these incredibly informative videos. You have such a knack of explaining something that used to seem complicated and making it easy to understand. I was wondering if you could talk about how to get a horse off the forehand and lighter in your hands. I find my guy is happy to take the contact but I feel like he’s likes to lean and pull down.
Great question! I am going to ask Alicia to give you a detailed answer for this one - stay tuned!
Hi Alicia and Tash! I have a question that I think might make a really good module. It is "How do I know what level my horse is ready to show?" Even though I have schooled higher, I continue to find the span between Training & 2nd Level (US/Canada) very nebulous. I think there are lots of riders struggling with when to upgrade in a way that will ultimately be successful and not end up with a 50% on their new test!!
This is a great question and Alicia has made a video on social media for you with the answer, find Your Riding Success on Facebook and Instagram and you will see the answer x
Hi Alicia, thank you so much for all your content! I love your videos and your enthusiasm and passion for dressage! Your explanations are really helping make sense of why I struggle with certain things in my lessons! (They are definitely linked to suppleness!!) xx
So glad you are benefiting from the content! Make sure you ask questions along the way too!!!
You are amazing!!
YAY! Thank you x
great video. very helpful :-)
Glad you loved it!
loved this video
Thank you!
Alicia, new to your channel but you have such an amazing way of clearly explaining the scales of training. There are so many different tests within the levels of dressage. At the lowest levels of dressage e.g walk & trot test, preliminary, novice I don't understand what the judges are looking for. Also why do judges give a mark but no comment. How do you know when your horse is ready to go to the next level or the next test within a level. If that makes sense.
Perfect analysis of the Training Scales. Just on a side note, do you find most horses (not raced horses) are stiffer to the right than the left? Would you work a horse more on the stiff side, or both sides equally.
Great question! I am going to ask Alicia to answer this on in her Q&A as I think it is a question that a lot of people will benefit from 🤩
Wonderful!! Thank you!! 🥰
My pleasure x
Ok very clear. Then a simple and thought (at least for me) question do I do to go throught the training scale with my horse? Thank you anyway.
Could you send me this question again, I am not sure I understand your question sorry!!
my irish cob steps in a lot but lacks lift at the front how do we move on? thank you so much for your videos they are really mindblowing
Hey Gitte, glad you love the videos! Have you seen this one? Honestly it is just the training scale that develops the horses balance, of course exercises like leg yield etc help upright the horse but if you keep following the system it will work!
ua-cam.com/video/-Wi71i_uKsI/v-deo.html
Love it thanks
So glad you enjoyed the video Marcy :]
Hello Alicia! What kind of riding do you do outside of the arena to get, & keep your horses in shape & also not bored? Thank you for sharing your abilities with us!!
Thanks so much for tuning in! The horses also go out for hacks regularly :]
It's very helpful as always. It can be easy for a new horse to train and even took less time as compared to a crooked horse.so can you plz elaborate is same for older horses who are in different disciplines and we want to retrain for dressage.if is not in this way so what is the different approach to retrain them.plz answer that 😊
When you are training horses if the horse is more straight in the paces to begin with it is easier to train as the starting point is more neutral compared to a horse than is very crooked to start. Retraining for dressage you follow same system, with older horses you just need to be mindful of their soundness. Hope this helps!
Thnx alot for your views 😊.
Can you explain in detail how to makethe horse round but not heavy? Love you!
If you watch all 3 videos in the Training Scale series and follow each step you are on the right track. If you need more individual help then reach out to us and we can help with your exact situation at support@yourridingsuccess.com
@@YourRidingSuccess Thank you so much x! will do
I'm interested in knowing where you are located and if you take people for week-long trainings?
Hi Gemmah! Alicia is based right outside London! We are planning to have people be able to come for opportunities to ride on schoolmasters this year! Be sure you are subscribed to the channel so you don't miss out on any announcements about this!
Question ... What are some good exercises for each section of the training scale?
Are you looking for exercises to check you have each level of the training scale or are you looking for exercises to increase the horses suppleness?
@@YourRidingSuccess both would be super useful please 😊
Hi Alicia, I have a mare who is Extremely Busy with her mouth, she is always trying to spit the bit out. I have good hands and a good seat but maintaining a soft and consistent contact is Extremely hard with her. If I take a light contact she will go behind the verticle. Any suggestions? THANKS - APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE!
Hey Peggy, you just need to stay focussed on the training scale as this will solve fussiness in the mouth and a reluctance to accept the bit. Remember is rhythm plus suppleness equals connection.
hello Alicia! thank you so much for your videos. I train in a dressage school and I ride a mare which is around 15 years old. my question is: sometimes we ride and we get enough connection, but when it comes to transitions, mostly the downward ones like rrot to walk or canter to walk we loose connection. what do you recommend us doing? thank you again and greetings form Russia😊
Thanks for reaching out and glad you are loving the channel! If you lose the connection in the transitions it means you have lost control of an element of the horse before connection. Ie suppleness or balance on the horses 4 feet or rein contact. It would help you to film your ride and watch the horses way of going when it is connected and then watch the way of going when you lose the connection and you will see what you are losing. Let me know how you go!
Are the scales of training important in other sports and forms of riding or just dressage? Does the horse have to have some form of a frame or throughness to be able to carry the rider effectively and not cause any damage? For instance if a trail horse is hollow and not familiar with the scales of training, will it have negative effects on its body? Or is just being supple and relaxed enough to build adequate muscle to effectively carry a rider?
It is helpful for horses of all disciplines to have a basis of dressage as it helps to make their body strong and also gives the rider some control to be able to steer, adjust the speed etc.
Hi Alicia, I had a question I wanted to ask a couple of months ago I bought a 13 year old Ottb gelding. I have done some jumping on him but trying to focus more on our flat/dressage. I am really struggling to get him in a frame, I know he can go in one. My question is am I focusing too much on getting him into a frame or am I holding him back. Thanks
Charlotte
Hi Charlotte, thanks for sending your question in! I am going to ask Alicia to answer this one in depth for you, stay tuned!
@@YourRidingSuccess thank you
Alicia where are you based? Can I bring my horse to you for training?
Hi! Alicia is based about an hour West of London. If you reach out to support@yourridingsuccess.com we can talk to more 💕
I been riding dressage for a long time and I still feel like a beginner 😢😭
Totally get it!! What are you struggling with the most right now?
@@YourRidingSuccess mostly connection. My horse bobs and hates the connection. Avoids it. He's a great horse. Something I did along the way. I think its a habit now 🤔🤔🤔
Totally get it! We would love to help you work on overcoming this! We can set you up with a month free of access to our Dressage Mastery program so you can come to our live coaching sessions to get some advice. Can you kindly email us at support@yourridingsuccess.com and quote this comment?
I feel like I'll never be able to reach the top of the pyramid 😣
If you follow the scale you will be surprised how far you go! And you can compete at PSG without having top of Training Scale!! The true tests of collection in the test are in Grand Prix , pirouettes on the centreline. Also you may find you have small amounts of time at the top in collection and then build on it. The Training Scale is fluid and you move up and down it as you train 💕
Hi, my name is Lisa, another question regarding pyramid. From test to test (Juniors level) I get comments from judges: the horse is tense, he is not going through the back, not going through the bridle. I’m wondering where something is missing because I most of the time work on suppleness. I know that he hasn’t a strong back: lack of muscles and conformational difficulties: hunters bump. How could I improve these comments?
Hi Lisa, great question, when the judges are making comments such as these it means they are seeing a horse that is not connected (over back into the bridle, taking the contact). Even though you might be working on suppleness, it could be that you need more suppleness to connect your horse, or perhaps your contact is not even for him to connect into or perhaps you need a different exercise. It is a little hard without seeing your horse (if you are interested in more personalised help you can contact us at support@yourridingsuccess.com) hope this helps!! 💕