The reason I want to talk about this type of horse is that these horses are not always easy to train. They can be difficult to relax, it can be difficult to ride them during the stretch, they are hard to collect and some of them go against the hand and rush.

But the worst thing is that, against our will, we might train them in a way that is not very appropriate.

This is the 3rd Lesson with Spirit. At the bottom of this post, you can see the video from this lesson. Spirit will be 5 years here in 2020. He is broken in, but Merja has then prioritized building up Spirit's musculature from the ground. 

Spirit is a gaited Curly horse, so in addition to walk, trot and canter, he can also do Toelt.

There are many things a young horse should learn beyond basic handling. I would almost say that the least of it is getting on the back of the horse. In addition, the young horse should have built up a fair amount of muscle before we start riding it.

This is the second lesson with Lappe and Kristina. 

Kristina has now got her new Morgenroth Premium Saddle and it looks like Lappe is really satisfied. We, therefore, did some ridden walk work with Lappe, after we had done some work in hand.  It gave rise to a talk about many different things including bending and posture.

This is the second lesson with Zazu and Maria. This time the whole lesson is filmed. Palle equipped me with a microphone so everyone who understands Danish can follow. The video can be seen at the end of the post. 

In this lesson, we will start working on the contact. 

My own arena is flooded, which is why it was super cool when Birgit asked if I wanted to ride her 7 year old Louis. In addition to being a pleasure it is also a great help for me to have ridden the horse, as it will be easier for me to help the rider. 

In this post I will discuss several different things, inspired by my riding on Louis. There is a small video clip in the end of this post.

When I work horses from the ground, it is to prepare them for the ridden work. Therefore, I always think about which signals and aids I use. It should be so that I can use the same aids and signals when I sit on the horse.