good article by Jane Savoie.... Use the Connecting Aids to Put Your Horse on the Bit It’s simple to put your horse on the bit when you use what I call the “connecting aids”. The connecting aids are a combination of three ingredients that you’ll maintain for about three seconds—the length of time it takes to inhale and exhale. The three ingredients of the connecting aids to put your horse on the bit are the: 1. The driving aids which consist of your seat and your two legs because either one of those aids drive your horse forward. 2. The bending aids consist of your inside rein which asks the horse to look in the direction he’s going, your inside leg on the girth, and your outside leg behind the girth. Each of those aids contributes to bend. 3. The rein of opposition is the outside rein. It’s called the rein of opposition because it opposes too much speed from the driving aids and too much bend from the bending aids. When you marry those three ingredients–driving aids, bending aids and rein of opposition for about three seconds, you give the aids to put your horse on the bit—the “connecting aids”. So to put your horse on the bit with the connecting aids: First close both calves. When you feel a surge of energy coming from behind as if your horse wants to lengthen, close your outside hand in a fist to recycle that power. Lastly, if your horse starts to look to the outside, vibrate the inside rein to help keep the neck straight. For more training tips, go to janesavoie or dressagementor
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:13:26 +0000
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