JANUARY 2011 THE RIDER /19


I get exhausted trying to keep him in a canter. Is there anything I can do to pep him up?


Q. I recently bought my first horse. He is so easy going – he never spooks and I feel completely safe with him. The negative side is that he is so lazy,


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1D Sue Leyzac, Robin Corriveau, Sharon Pridham 2D Sue Leyzac, Robin Corriveau, Sharon Pridham 3D Sue Leyzac, Robin Corriveau,


District 3 Open


1D Tessa Wilson, Lyn Baldovin, Missy Wilson, Shan- nen Edwards, Stephanie Boland


2D Stephanie Boland, Shannen Edwards, Sherry Russ, Ashley Taylor, Cliff Boyce


3D Ashley Taylor, Aime Charette, Rose Twiner, Laurie Fisher, Joscelyn Descoteaux


4D Ashley Taylor, Danika Aitchison, Rose Twiner, Stephanie Boland, Aime Charette


Youth


No Qualifiers Teen


1D Stephanie Boland, Shannen Edwards, Diana Manella 2D No Qualifiers 3D No Qualifiers


4D Danika Aitchison, Diana Manella, Stephanie Boland Senior


1D Lyn Baldovin, Rebecca McWhirter, Joscelyn Descoteaux


2D Darlene Jackson 3D No Qualifiers 4D No Qualifiers


District 4 Open


1D Leslie Richards, Krystal Cairns, Tyler Aitken, Sarah Gee, Sarah Dizzell


A. Riding should not be an aero- bic workout like riding an exer- cise bike. In order to have a more enjoyable ride and a more responsive horse, picture your horse within an imaginary box. This is a helpful image for any skill you are trying to teach your horse because horses seek free- dom and you can show them how to get freedom inside that box. Self carriage describes a horse who maintains his pace, straight- ness and frame or outline when you lighten up on your aids. You’re not really riding until you take the training wheels off! When you ask a horse for a response to your aid ( your hand, leg, etc) and he moves promptly in response to that aid, he should find immediate relief. If he doesn’t respond, your cue should increase until he does. Let’s apply this to your horse who doesn’t want to go forward. As it stands now,


you’re squeezing, pushing and kick- ing until you’re red in the face and he isn’t bothered enough to do anything about it. The same quality you love about him that makes him unflap- pable and trustworthy also makes him unconcerned about your leg. If your leg represents the back of the box, your horse has become quite content to rest on it as he would on the butt bar of a trailer!


The trick is to “resensitize” him to your leg. After all, if a horse can feel a fly on his side, he can feel your leg!


First of all, use your leg in such a way that it is very uncomfortable to lean on. After requesting with a light squeeze and perhaps a cluck, whatev- er you have to do to motivate him, do it. This may involve reinforcing your leg with a dressage whip, increasing your spur size, lifting up your heel in order to lift up a roll of his skin, etc. Turn up the volume until he responds and the instant he does, be silent (remove your aid, drop your heel and soften your body.) I call this “squirt- ing” your horse forward like tooth- paste out of a tube. Once he gets the picture, you will be able to use far less “squirt” Maintaining the canter rhythm will change from “I can’t take my leg off or he will fall out the back of the box” to “He contacts the back of the box every time his rhythm slows and promptly moves forward into freedom.”


2D Krystal Cairns, Jodi Burgess, Karen Aitken, Leslie Richards, Sarah Gee


3D Jen Dube, Aaron DeBoer, Katie Aitken, Leslie Richards, Karen Aitken


4D Brittany Langford, Laurie McIntosh, Pamela Zurosky, Kelly Menard, Karen Aitken


Youth


1D No Qualifiers 2D Katie Aitken 3D Katie Aitken 4D Katie Aitken


Teen


1D Leslie Richards, Tyler Aitken, Kelsey Boots, Emily Kimmett


2D Tyler Aitken, Kelsey Boots, Leslie Richards, Amber Miller, Alex McDougall


3D Leslie Richards, Hillary Miller, Aaron DeBoer, Maddy Wright, Emily Kimmett, Brianne Mason 4D Brittany Langford, Roxanne Cloutier, Brianne Mason, Leslie Richards


Senior


1D Kathy Richards, Allan Burgess, Robert Lalonde, Lynda Cairns 2D Robert Lalonde


3D Lynda Cairns, Allan Burgess, Laurie McIntosh, Robert Lalonde, Donna Whiticar 4D Laurie McIntosh, Lynda Cairns


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