JOE’S JOURNAL T Overcoming problems
If things are going wrong with your training this is what you should be asking yourself. What is happening, why is it happening and what is the solution? The art of seeing a problem is being able to interpret what is happening and to decide what the solution is.
Flatwork is all about good foundations
Straightness Calmness Balance Rhythm
Responsiveness
If you have that framework you can go anywhere and you need to have all of them at a different degree and level.
Fives and Fives
To improve balance, responsiveness and calmness a good exercise I use is what Dad called the Fives and Fives.
1. Take up Canter on a 25m circle.
2. Ride Five strides of canter followed by five strides of walk then five strides of canter and so on.
3 Repeat approximately five circles on each rein.
What happens is that the horse starts to understand what will happen next. He will be going into canter in a minute
and so his walk becomes very alive. In canter he doesn't get heavy because he knows he is going to walk shortly. He will start to become very receptive to what you are asking of him.
The exercise improves engagement because as the horse goes into walk he is expecting to go into canter at any minute so he is engaged and ready to strike off.
As he goes into canter he knows that he is going to start walking at any second so he does not get forward or heavy. Again he is holding his own balance because he knows he is going to be changing pace. He also becomes more receptive to the aids for the strike off to canter and the downward transition into walk.
his month has been a bit busy, which has been really nice. I have just returned from France where the horses all jumped really well. Casharel finished 6th in the Grand Prix, she
didn't touch a fence all weekend. We are all so excited about her future. Kandleford owned by Ann and Colin Garratt jumped in his first Six Bar, it was mine too! We jumped through three rounds, he has so much jump and tries so hard. He can be very strong at times and that is what made me think of the ‘Fives and Fives’ exercise which Dad taught me, I have been doing it with him and found it helped. The piece below is taken from one of Dad's training books, Tim Stockdale Show Jumping Solutions.
Kandleford prize giving Kandleford in action
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