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John Mark Payne Equine Training Service

Locality: Ipswich, Queensland

Phone: +61 409 892 997

Address: 2210 Warrego Hwy 4306 Ipswich, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.jpequine.com.au/

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22.01.2022 5 Common Rider Errors in the Leg Yield In one of our Facebook groups somebody recently asked a question about the most common mistakes that riders make in the l...eg yield. Many riders struggle with the leg yield, especially in the trot. So I decided to discuss the subject in a blog post in the hopes that it will be of interest to others as well. You can apply this discussion also to the real lateral movements. Most of the points I address are universal and tend to occur in all lateral movements. 5 Main Mistakes There are 5 mistakes that happen very frequently and that make it almost impossible for the horse to perform the leg yield correctly. 1. Overbending with the inside rein This is probably the most common mistake of all. Many riders tend to exaggerate the bend in general and overuse the inside rein. The bend should feel and look like a continuous shallow curve that runs through the horse’s body. There should be no kink at the base of the neck. Overbending blocks the inside hind leg and almost forces the horse to drift with his outside shoulder. This way, the outside shoulder is faster in moving sideways than the inside hind leg, so the inside hind leg never manages to catch up and cross. 2. Outside rein too long This mistake goes hand in hand with the first one. When the inside rein is too short, the outside rein is usually kept too long. This contributes to the kink at the base of the neck and the drifting of the outside shoulder. The job of the outside rein in the leg yield is to frame the outside shoulder, to connect the base of the neck to the shoulder, and to help to connect the outside hind leg to the weight and the ground. 3. Leaning/contorting torso A mistake that many riders make in all lateral movements without realizing it is to lean sideways or to contort their torsos in some way. This is usually triggered by the horse not moving sideways, so the rider intuitively uses her upper body as a lever to push the horse sideways. Unfortunately, this does not address the underlying reason why the horse isn’t moving sideways, but disturbs the horse’s lateral balance. So, rather than solving one problem, it creates a new one. It is better to stay relatively straight and vertical with our torso, and to shift the weight by applying a little more weight to the seat bone that is pointing in the direction of travel. You can also let your pelvis swing more in the direction of travel together with the horse’s ribcage. 4. Not enough pelvic rotation This is very common because changes to the pelvic position are not usually taught in traditional riding lessons. Or the rider is rotating her pelvis, but the amount of the rotation is insufficient. The pelvic position and the weight aids together form the center piece of all the lateral movements and turns. They give the horse the big picture of what the rider wants to do. Leg and rein aids are only the small print that fills in the details. If the rider doesn’t give clear instruction via her pelvic position and weight placement, the horse will not understand the leg and rein aids. That’s where a lot of resistances against the leg and rein aids come from. 5. Gripping with inside leg Gripping legs in lateral movements are often the result of incorrect weight aids. If the weight aid tells the horse to go to the left, and the leg aid tells the horse to go to the right, there is a conflict and the horse has to decide which aid he tries to listen to. Weight aids are more primary than leg aids, their effects are more immediate, and horses understand them intuitively. Leg aids, on the other hand, have to be explained to the horse first, and when there is a conflict between the more intuitive aid and the less intuitive aid, the horse will tend to tune in to the intuitive aid and ignore the less intuitive one. That’s why horses will often go with the weight, but against the leg, which then makes most riders grip or kick with their legs, instead of resolving the contradiction by changing their weight aid. Sometimes gripping legs are a result of poor timing of the aids. When the leg aid is applied at a time when the hind leg is not available (e.g. because it is supporting the body mass and is unable to lift off at that moment), the horse will tend to ignore the leg aid, which then leads many riders to grip or kick. Insufficient core muscle engagement and therefore instability of the seat and lack of balance can also be a cause of gripping. In this case it’s a survival mechanism to avoid falling off. Tips For Riding Leg Yields All lateral movements require a certain lateral and vertical flexibility of the horse’s haunches. If this mobility is lacking, any sidestepping exercise will be difficult. An important part of the problem is that the hind legs don’t flex enough under the weight. They touch down and push right away, which makes the crossing almost impossible. In the leg yield the inside hind leg is supposed to cross in front of the outside one. This is only possible if the outside hind leg flexes its upper joints and supports the weight long enough for the inside hind leg to cross. If the outside hind leg touches down, skips the weight bearing and flexion phase, and starts pushing right away, it sends the body of the horse straight forward without allowing the inside hind leg the necessary time to cross. You can create this window of time that is needed for the inside hind leg to cross by half halting (outside stirrup + outside rein) into the outside hind leg to slow down the tempo. The half halt allows you to hold the outside hind leg on the ground longer, and to flex its joints under the weight, which then creates an opportunity for the inside hind leg to cross. In severe cases, you may even have to stop into the outside hind leg a couple of times. Then you can create the leg yield position by asking for a couple of steps of turn on the forehand. As soon as you have the intended angle between the horse’s body and the line of travel, you can walk on while trying to maintain the same angle. After slowing down the outside hind leg, bring your outside hip forward and your inside hip back. This rotation of your pelvis should create a rotation of the horse’s pelvis. Shift your weight in the direction of travel so that you can take the horse sideways with your weight, instead of pushing him away from your weight. In addition, you can apply a driving leg aid with your inside leg to support the rotation of your pelvis and your weight aid. You may have to take your outside leg off at first to create a clear gap for the horse to move into. If you apply pressure with both legs, the horse will be confused. Conclusion Everything I described for the leg yield applies to the regular lateral movements as well. The rotation of the rider’s pelvis and the weight shift in the direction of travel form the center piece of the aids. They convey the big picture to the horse. Leg and rein aids can then regulate the details. It is important that the rider’s torso remains vertical when looking from behind. Leaning sideways can easily upset the lateral balance. The reins need to frame and guide the horse’s shoulders without overbending the neck.The leg aids support the seat and weight aids. In leg yielding and in shoulder-in the inside leg supports the sideways movement, while the outside leg supports the forward movement. In haunches-in related lateral movements it is the opposite. Thomas Ritter www.artisticdressage.com Read this article on our Blog: https://www.artisticdressage.com//5-common-rider-errors-in Subscribe to our email newsletter to get thought-provoking articles (like this one!) about the art of dressage delivered straight to your inbox: https://ritterdressage.activehosted.com/f/47 p.s. A few quick notes... ONE.... We are at the end of the first week of our brand new Topline Makeover Course. This is a course exclusively focused on using groundwork to improve your horse's musculature development, balance, and body awareness. This week we have focused on simple longeing with a longeing cavesson to obtain relaxation, steadiness, attention, correct bend and carriage, and to develop wth gaits of the horse. We are using footage of us longeing the horses we are working with to demonstrate and explain the nuances and this week we featured a young-ish Lusitano gelding named Izir. This course is a beta course which means we are creating it as we go which enables us to answer the issues and questions that come up for the course members. This enables us to create a course that doesn't just teach what we think you need to know, but it actually serves the members' real needs. This week we issued a survey to find what the members wanted us to prioritize and the results were overwhelmingly in favor of focusing on: - Practical Exercises to do with the horse - Refinement of each method (longeing, double-longeing, work-in-hand, and long reining) - Applying Feldenkrais-inspired bodywork to help the horse So.... this is what we will give the highest priority in the course. It isn't too late to get in on the fun. We are only at the end of the first week, so you have not missed too much if you get in now (in fact, I still have more new video footage to add to Module 1 over the weekend on how to use the longe whip for different desired outcomes). We would love to see you join us! Join us here - https://courses.artisticdressage.com/topline-makeover-cours TWO... If you're not interested in groundwork but you are needing some inspiration for your riding, allow me to tell you about our 3-pack of Arena GPS eBooks. These are digital books jam packed with riding exercises to suit a variety of needs, and to help kickstart your riding motivation when it starts waning. Each exercise includes an easy to follow diagram, instructions, and tips for riding it best. For example, on Page 39 of the Arena GPS 1.1 we have an exercise called, "Zig Zag Leg Yield and Lengthen the Strides." The zig zag of the leg yield creates the desire and power in the horse to lengthen the stride afterwards. These are just some of the many ways you can use leg yield biomechanically, gymnastically, and therapeutically in your riding. In this special bundle of three of our top Arena GPS eBooks, you get more than 105 exercises! Plenty to keep you motivated and inspired. Available in several currencies: EURO, USD, GBP, CAD, AUD, NZD, and ZAR. You can download it to your phone, tablet, or computer. You can print it and take it to the barn! Arena GPS 3-pack: https://courses.artisticdressage.com/store/6mRuSQwM

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17.01.2022 Reikjer. Finding it a bit challenging coming back into work ( I think eating is his first love). Boy this horse tries for you though! The best temperament!

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12.01.2022 Also travelling to Tamborine. All social distancing and hygiene protocols strictly followed.

12.01.2022 When I was in high school I had a large group of girlfriends that I would sit with. One day, I went and got my sandwich and headed to the courtyard to s...it down. All of the girls were sitting in a circle and nobody moved to let me join. So I sat down behind one of the girls and began to eat my lunch. I was very confused. The leader of the group soon came over to me and said ‘Ummm Alex, we need to talk’ And I remember looking up at her as she stood over me. ‘We are ‘us’ and you are ‘you’’ All of the other girls watched on. ‘And you’re not really pretty enough to sit with us, ok’ Without saying anything, I got up off the ground and wrapped up my sandwich before walking by myself to the back oval where nobody could see me. And I cried. I feel as though many parts of the horse world can make people feel like this too. And I feel it so deeply when, literally DAILY, I am sent messages or told in person about how someone at an event laughed at someone else who rode on the left lead around a right circle. Or how at a clinic nobody sat with the person who ate different food to them. Or how ‘constructive advice’ came out at pony club like this - ‘you know she’s probably not good enough for that horse’. Or how someone has trained for years for a competition that they’ll never go to because they are afraid of being judged by their weight. I feel it. On a soul level, I feel it. After my ordeal that day (one that happened over a decade over ago and yet I still hold onto it), a girl from the group came out and sat with me. ‘I don’t want to be friends with girls who make people feel like that’ she said to me. And to this very day, she is one of the kindest, wisest friends I have. I urge everyone to be like her. To see the person who clearly knows nobody at a clinic and simply go over and ask ‘where abouts have you travelled from?’ Or to see the rider learning in public and go over after and say ‘your horse is super slick looking! What are you feeding him?!’ Be the person who sees a rider at pony club who is riding their 12hh pony with 6ft youth legs (so jealous, I am!!) and remark on how if you had that pony you’d never give him up either! Be the one that sprinkles a little magic wherever you go. Because just like I remember the girl who made me question my worth that day, I also remember the girl who followed me out to the oval to remind me that she was wrong

12.01.2022 Riding is imperfect, because horses and humans are imperfect. Training horses is about finding and improving the horse's imperfections in terms of his conforma...tional challenges, body awareness, coordination, suppleness, and focus. Learning to ride is about finding and improving the imperfections in one's personality, character, and judgment, as well as the physical imperfections in terms of balance, body awareness, coordination, feel, athleticism, finesse, and timing. Be aware that this is a process that continues indefinitely. There is no end, no point at which there is nothing left to improve in a horse and rider. Learn to make friends with the imperfections and learn to enjoy the process of finding and working on them. Don't be judgmental about the imperfections you think you are seeing in others. Everybody is on their own path, and chances are that your own imperfections are far greater and more numerous than those of the person you are criticizing.

11.01.2022 Opportunity has arisen for a Stablehand , trainee horse trainer, at John Payne equine. Pm for further details.

07.01.2022 I was recently asked by a prospective client how I would deal with a horse who’s last experience was bucking them off. Once pain related causes where eliminated as much as possible, my next step would be to lead them from another horse. I do this in a fashion where the horses are parallel, side by side. Like horses working in pairs. Initially the led horse can be scared to put themselves in a parallel position, because it relates to being ridden, and trusting ( the buckin...g episode is traumatic for the horse too) Through repetition I encourage them into this position. Then work towards walk, trot and canter in this way. I also take them on road rides, them gaining confidence from the other horse. This incorporated with lunging( riding from the ground) Is my starting process as well. Also getting them to present themselves to the mounting block for mounting confirms acceptance. See more

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