In this post, I will show a video with some lunge work with Amaze and I will comment on something that we talk a lot about - activity.

A little bit about Amaze

Amaze has or had kissing spine just behind her wither and she has a change in her joint in the left hock. For a long time she was irregular moving, but today you can hardly see it. These things have occurred because of a shoulder injury she had as 3,5 years old. For a few years she was compensating and it has given her wear elsewhere in the body.

In March 2016 I started training our four horses according to Art2Ride's principles. The horses at this time were very different both physically and mentally. Two of the horses were actually retired and had not been trained for over a year due to age, wear and tear. One was discarded by the veterinarians, they did not mean she could ever be used as a riding horse. The other was stiff and tired because of years with show jumping.

Here is a video where I do work in hand with Regitse. I comment on it in English, but as this is pretty hard for me, I never get to mention it all. Therefore, you get a description of what I do and why I do it.

In this post I will tell you how to get started working your horse in hand. I will try to keep the post short and simple.

What is collection?

Many people look at the horse's head and neck carriage. If the horse work with his neck high and with the head close to vertical, then the horse is collected. That is not correct. If you want to look for if the horse is collected, look at what happens behind the saddle and not in front of the saddle.