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Comment by vickie lawson on October 3, 2011 at 2:02am

still struggling to get more jump in my canter strides and a looser shoulder for med trots!

 

Comment by Catherine Chamberlain on August 27, 2011 at 6:59pm

Wow, that is cool!  Thanks for sharing, Liz!

Comment by Liz Keane on August 27, 2011 at 5:42pm

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Comment by Barbara F. on August 7, 2011 at 5:13pm

Hi Elaine,

The clinician was right that the horse should be in a frame during the warm-up. After a walk on a loose rein, the moment your pick up your reins to trot, the horse should be in a frame. Not a closed up frame, but he should be on the bit in a longer frame. Perhaps that is what you are doing anyway when you do the long and low warm-up?

Comment by Elaine Flintoff on August 7, 2011 at 4:55pm

Thanks guys!  I was beginning to feel pretty stupid in the beginning, but each rider was told the same thing, so I guess it wasn't just me.....the funny thing is....I really like this clinician - very well known and respected throughout the community and competes nationally....oh well, I am happy with what I do and will continue !!!   Thanks !!!!   (and so are my horses !)   Mind you, when the warm up is  concluded I expect the horse "on the bit" as soon as I ask....

Comment by Catherine Chamberlain on August 7, 2011 at 2:56pm

I usually walk my horse for 5 or 10 minutes before trotting and cantering in a stretchy frame for about 10 minutes.  Once my horse is nice and warmed up we go work.  The warm-up makes it much easier since his muscles are now loose, supple, and my horse is in a good frame of mind :)

Comment by Ellin McGinley Daum on August 7, 2011 at 1:31pm

I'm with your warm up!  Why would you put a horse whose muscles are not loose and flexible in a frame?  I do what you described with very good results.

 

 

Comment by Elaine Flintoff on August 7, 2011 at 12:36pm

What do you people normally do when you are warming up for a session with y our horse?  I have developed one that seems to work for me, but at a recent clinic I rode in, the clinician told everyone he worked with, that the  correct warm-up was to immediately put the horse on the bit.....we always learned walk on a loose rein, trot long and low and let them stretch over their back, some canter work to improve the trot,  and then begin to pick them up for the session.    Just wondering......

Comment by vickie lawson on July 13, 2011 at 9:46pm

good luck catherine!

Comment by Catherine Chamberlain on July 13, 2011 at 1:45pm

All the juniors and young riders in North America are preparing for the FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships! We're expecting some hot and humid weather in Kentucky!

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