Dressage Training In-Hand: Lessons in Straightness, Suppleness, and Collection from the Ground
Over the course of her riding and horse training career, Kathrin Roida has progressively gained a deep appreciation for the benefits of gymnastic exercises, particularly those that can be taught to the horse from the ground. “In-hand” training has long been used to help develop the dressage horse, conditioning and suppling his body while at the same time preparing his mind to grasp the movements that may eventually be expected under saddle. Roida relies on these techniques when working with young horses, which she prepares for under-saddle training with exercises first learned on the ground, improving balance and enhancing confidence by refining the horse's sense of his body and where it is in space. Roida also uses in-hand techniques to vary the training of the fully schooled riding horse and to solve problems that may be more safely dealt with from the ground. In this book she details her methods, sharing the stories of a number of horses of different ages, breeds, and training backgrounds, and demonstrating the steps to teaching them: shoulder-in, travers, renvers, pirouettes, half-pass, piaffe, passage, canter work, the Spanish walk, and much more. Throughout her conscientious attention to what is best for the horse ensures that not only do the lessons result in a horse that is healthy in body but also one that is healthy in mind and happy in his work.
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Dressage Training In-Hand: Lessons in Straightness, Suppleness, and Collection from the Ground
Over the course of her riding and horse training career, Kathrin Roida has progressively gained a deep appreciation for the benefits of gymnastic exercises, particularly those that can be taught to the horse from the ground. “In-hand” training has long been used to help develop the dressage horse, conditioning and suppling his body while at the same time preparing his mind to grasp the movements that may eventually be expected under saddle. Roida relies on these techniques when working with young horses, which she prepares for under-saddle training with exercises first learned on the ground, improving balance and enhancing confidence by refining the horse's sense of his body and where it is in space. Roida also uses in-hand techniques to vary the training of the fully schooled riding horse and to solve problems that may be more safely dealt with from the ground. In this book she details her methods, sharing the stories of a number of horses of different ages, breeds, and training backgrounds, and demonstrating the steps to teaching them: shoulder-in, travers, renvers, pirouettes, half-pass, piaffe, passage, canter work, the Spanish walk, and much more. Throughout her conscientious attention to what is best for the horse ensures that not only do the lessons result in a horse that is healthy in body but also one that is healthy in mind and happy in his work.
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Dressage Training In-Hand: Lessons in Straightness, Suppleness, and Collection from the Ground

Dressage Training In-Hand: Lessons in Straightness, Suppleness, and Collection from the Ground

by Kathrin Roida
Dressage Training In-Hand: Lessons in Straightness, Suppleness, and Collection from the Ground

Dressage Training In-Hand: Lessons in Straightness, Suppleness, and Collection from the Ground

by Kathrin Roida

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Over the course of her riding and horse training career, Kathrin Roida has progressively gained a deep appreciation for the benefits of gymnastic exercises, particularly those that can be taught to the horse from the ground. “In-hand” training has long been used to help develop the dressage horse, conditioning and suppling his body while at the same time preparing his mind to grasp the movements that may eventually be expected under saddle. Roida relies on these techniques when working with young horses, which she prepares for under-saddle training with exercises first learned on the ground, improving balance and enhancing confidence by refining the horse's sense of his body and where it is in space. Roida also uses in-hand techniques to vary the training of the fully schooled riding horse and to solve problems that may be more safely dealt with from the ground. In this book she details her methods, sharing the stories of a number of horses of different ages, breeds, and training backgrounds, and demonstrating the steps to teaching them: shoulder-in, travers, renvers, pirouettes, half-pass, piaffe, passage, canter work, the Spanish walk, and much more. Throughout her conscientious attention to what is best for the horse ensures that not only do the lessons result in a horse that is healthy in body but also one that is healthy in mind and happy in his work.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570769023
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Publication date: 09/18/2018
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Kathrin Roida runs a horse training facility in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany. She works with horses of all breeds, using only positive, conscientious training methods committed to the health and longevity of the horse. She has trained with a number of riding and training luminaries, including Anja Beran, Manuel Jorge de Oliveira, Dr. Gerd Heuschmann, Jean-Claude Dysli, Marc de Froissard de Broissia, and Johann Riegler. Roida is known for her popular lessons and clinics on in-hand work and gymnastics for the horse.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why I Care about Work In-Hand 1

Meet The Horses 5

The Basics of Groundwork 14

The Cornerstone for In-Hand Work 15

Leading 17

Halt on the Track 18

The Rein-Back 20

Standing Still-Relaxed and Square 22

Work at Liberty 24

Suppling Exercises-In Halter and Cavesson 26

Moving Laterally 27

Shoulder Control 29

Lateral Movements in the Cavesson 31

Longeing-Creating Suppleness and Variety 34

The Purpose 35

SPECIAL FEATURE: Changing Direction 38

Jaw Relaxation and Bending Exercises-Helpful On Many Levels 40

An Active Mouth 41

Mobilizing Lateral Movements-In a Snaffle Bridle 50

The Goals 51

Stepping Laterally on a Small Circle 53

Stepping Laterally on Straight Lines 55

SPECIAL FEATURE: Exercise Sequence 56

SPECIAL FEATURE: Stepping Laterally at Trot-for Dynamism and Power 62

Applying the Whip-With Understanding and Feel 64

The Whip 65

Collection Through Lateral Movements-Developing the Horse's Body 68

Prerequisites 69

Shoulder-In 71

Counter Shoulder-In 75

Travers (Haunches-In) 77

SPECIAL FEATURE: Correcting Travers with the Whip 80

Walk Pirouettes 84

SPECIAL FEATURE: Walk Pirouette to the Left 85

Renvers (Haunches-Out) 86

SPECIAL FEATURE: Renvers Developed from Shoulder-In 88

Pirouette in Renvers 91

Half-Pass 94

Approaching Piaffe-A Milestone of Advanced Training 98

Developing Half Steps 99

Canter-Uphill and Expressive 106

On Bending Lines 107

Cancer-Using the Whole Arena 112

SPECIAL FEATURE: Counter-Canter-The Starting Point 114

The Spanish Walk-A Valuable Exercise 116

Creating Suppleness 117

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE "Touch Point"-Where to Ask the Horse to Lift His Leg 118

Traveling Forward 120

Passage-A Wave of Emotion 122

How It's Done 123

Working at Liberty-A Look in the Mirror 126

The High Point 127

SPECIAL FEATURE: Shoulder Control and Suppleness without Force 128

Conclusions-Last but Not Least 130

Before-and-After Photos 131

An Osteopath's Perspective on In-Hand Work 133

Acknowledgments & Sources 134

Index 135

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