A Basic Pole Exercise
Team McAllister
Join training duo, Jenni Martin McAllister & Steve McAllister, as they share some of their favorite exercises for green and seasoned horses alike. Practice these exercises at home and you’ll have a more rideable horse in the show ring.
Running Time: 7 mintues and 17 seconds
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A Flat Ride
Archie Cox
On course, all the adjustments made to your track and your pace has to happen seamlessly, almost invisibly. The best place to rehearse these subtle skills you need over fences is on the flat. Join top trainer Archie Cox as he gives his rider a flat school using exercises to enhance the horse’s responsiveness and rideability.
Running Time: 13 mintues and 8 seconds
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A Lunge Lesson
Val Renihan
One of the best places to focus on the rider is on the lunge line. This video includes and intro by Bernie Traurig who is a big believer in this exercise. Val Renihan explains the many benefits that are achieved with this type of lesson, including enhancing the rider’s feel, strength and flexibility. She incorporates different exercises that increase the rider’s stability in the tack, encourage the independence of the arms and seat, and build suppleness and core strength.
Running Time: 15 minutes and 15 seconds
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Application of the Aids
Julie Winkel
Julie Winkel talks about the system she teaches for applying aids that produces seamless transitions and invisible, harmonious communication between rider & horse.
Running Time: 17 minutes and 37 seconds
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Backing Issues
Bernie Traurig
Does your horse freeze when you ask him to back up? Perhaps he raises his head to evade the command and backs awkwardly with his head too high? Does your horse back crookedly or tense up in anticipation of a back or is he simply confused by what you are asking of him? If any of these issues sound familiar, Bernie created this topic just for you. Solving backing problems brings you one step closer to improving all your downward transitions, not to mention, your horse’s mouth.
Running Time: 16 minutes and 23 seconds
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Building Blocks to a Great Position: Part 1
Bernie Traurig
In Part 1 of Building Blocks to a Great Position, Bernie Traurig starts with proper leg position as a basis for a solid foundation in the tack. With demonstrations by his daughter, Natasha, this video outlines exercises that enhance proper techniques.
Other videos in this series:
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 2
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 3
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 4
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 5
Running Time: 19 minutes and 57 seconds
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Building Blocks to a Great Position: Part 2
Bernie Traurig
In Part 2 of Building Blocks to a Great Position, Bernie Traurig continues his progressive system to develop a solid foundation for jumping disciplines. With demonstrations by his daughter, Natasha, this video outlines exercises that enhance proper techniques.
Other videos in this series:
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 1
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 3
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 4
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 5
Link to Referenced Video:
RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISE WITH INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE MORRIS
Running Time: 11 minutes and 43 seconds
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Building Blocks To A Great Position: Part 3
Bernie Traurig
In Part 3 of Building Blocks to a Great Position, Bernie Traurig continues his progressive system to develop a solid foundation for jumping disciplines. With demonstrations by his daughter, Natasha, this video outlines exercises that enhance proper techniques.
Other videos in this series:
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 1
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 2
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 4
Building Blocks to a Great Position Part 5
Running Time: 10 minutes and 24 seconds
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Controls of the Horse Part One – Rein Aids
Bernie Traurig
Bernie Traurig demystifies, clarifies and modernizes rein aids and their direct application in the show ring in this video, the first of a two part series. Youʼll learn the proper technique of each rein aid as well as the appropriate circumstances to apply them. By mastering rein aids and using them in conjunction with leg aids, youʼll have a powerful tool at your disposal, resulting in a superior performance. Teaching the rein aids to the horse can be found in the Basic & Intermediate levels of Fundamentals of Flatwork.
View part 2 of this series: Controls Of The Horse Part Two – Leg Aids
Running Time: 20 minutes and 18 seconds
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Controls Of The Horse Part Two – Leg Aids
Bernie Traurig
Bernie illustrates, for all the basic jumping disciplines, the significance of the correct position & timing of leg aids as a powerful blend with the rein aids. Teaching independent and prompt responsiveness to leg aids will result in clear, effective communication with your horse when used in conjunction with the rein aids for ultimate control in the ring.
View part 1 of the series: Controls of the Horse Part One – Rein Aids
Running Time: 35 minutes and 43 seconds
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Cynthia Hankins’ Favorite Flat Exercises
Cynthia Hankins
Cynthia Hankins, top trainer, clinician and ”R” judge, gives us her personal favorite flat exercises designed to maximize the horse’s rideability and responsiveness while demonstrating the proper execution and form of the American Hunter/Jumper Forward Riding System.
Running Time: 16 mintues and 51 seconds
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Daily Pole Exercises
Armando Hassey
Armando Hassey shares three of his favorite pole exercises he uses every day to help develop the horse’s rhythm and adjustability while honing the rider’s eye.
If you liked this video and want to learn more about adjusting your horses stride over jumps check out Julie Winkel’s Shortening and Lengthening Exercises over Jumps.
Running Time: 15 minutes and 3 seconds
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Developing Feeling In Your Arms And Hands
Val Renihan
In this topic Val Renihan shows us the exercises she uses with her students to encourage arms & hands that are flexible, shock-absorbers that follow the horse’s mouth during connection, maintain proper position and are sensitive – in a word, “Feeling.”
Running Time: 9 minutes and 26 seconds
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Dressage for Jumpers
George Morris
A schooling session over fences with George Morris in the tack as he demonstrates his favorite dressage exercises as they apply to the jumping sport.
Running Time: 38 minutes
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Exercises to Develop a Better Eye: Part 1-A
Bernie Traurig
Bernie demonstrates exercises you can incorporate into your flatwork everyday that will work your eye without overworking your horse!
View the next two parts in this series:
Exercises to Develop a Better Eye: Part 1-B
Advanced Exercises to Develop a Better Eye Part 2
Running Time: 19 minutes and 1 second
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Exercises to Develop a Better Eye: Part 1-B
Bernie Traurig
Bernie demonstrates exercises you can incorporate into your flatwork everyday that will work your eye without overworking your horse!
View the first part of this series: Exercises to Develop a Better Eye: Part 1-A
View the next part of this series: Advanced Exercises to Develop a Better Eye Part 2
Running Time: 18 minutes and 13 seconds
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Eye Exercise Tips
Bernie Traurig
Bernie demonstrates exercises you can incorporate into your flatwork everyday that will work your eye without overworking your horse!
Running Time: 6 minutes and 41 seconds
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Flying Changes
Val Renihan
In this topic Val Renihan breaks down the flying change in order to defuse the horse’s nervous anticipation of the flying change. Her exercises produce the relaxed, supple changes needed for winning equitation and hunter rounds.
Running Time: 15 minutes and 13 seconds
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Form Follows Function
Cynthia Hankins
Top trainer, rider, judge and clinician, Cynthia Hankins, shares with us her insight into some of the common bad habits riders inadvertently acquire. In addition to pointing out these habitual position flaws, Cynthia demonstrates the correct, classical form stamped by the American Hunter/Jumper Forward Riding System.
Running Time: 26 minutes and 18 seconds
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