Tag: Transitions
Walk/Trot Transitions for the Three Year Old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGaMsiRuDmg
Excerpt from the 2014 Sport Horse Prospect Development Forum. Ingo Pape gives advice for the walk and walk/trot transitions.
Transition Work With the Young Horse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itcmxqpzc4A
Watch Scott Hassler work to improve transitions in the young horse at the 2004 USDF National Symposium.
This excerpt is from The Development of the...
Improving Engagement through Transitions with Scott Hassler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQVd9R0Za_o
Watch Scott Hassler work on improving a horse's engagement through walk-trot-walk transitions.
This excerpt is part of The American Training Program Volume II: Developing...
Riding Transitions with Christoph Hess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9F5DclA93M
Christoph Hess explains how to ride a downward transition correctly.
This video was filmed at the Austin Dressage Unlimited Continuing Education in Dressage Judging...
2017 Adequan®/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference: Trixi Marienau
https://vimeo.com/250805336
In this extended footage of the 2017 Adequan®/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference, Hans-Christian Matthiesen and Lilo Fore work with Trixi Marienau and Stefano 8. Lilo...
Softening Transitions with Ashley Holzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St0WtiebY78
Watch as Ashley Holzer works with this rider to soften walk to trot transitions in this excerpt from the 2020 Adequan®/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference.
The...
Shoulder-In: Using Transitions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLV_1Gq_hjs
Kyra Kyrklund explains how, and why, to use transitions in the shoulder-in at the 1998 USDF National Dressage Symposium.
To see more videos featuring Kyra's...
Nailing It! Riding with Success Through the Levels – Part...
Based on USDF’s On the Levels videos. Part 4: Second Level.
By Beth Baumert
Reprinted from the May/June 2020 issue of USDF Connection magazine.
The Purpose of...
Forward and Back in the Lateral Movements
https://youtu.be/9Ad_JpR2eEI
Stephen Clarke describes the benefits of utilizing transitions within the gait in the lateral movements at the 2016 Adequan®/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference West. The...
Trot to Canter Transitions
https://youtu.be/bp5aPvTSDLY
Jeremy Steinberg explain how he uses canter-trot transitions in warm-up to improve the horse's uphill balance.
For more on trot to canter transitions and...
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10 Tips for Dressage Seat Equitation Riders
By Mike Osinski, USEF “S” and FEI Judge
With the popularity of Dressage Seat Equitation, the numbers are rising in these classes across the country. Here are a few tips for riders to understand what the judges are looking for in an Equitation class.
