Comments on: Transition Training

By: Downward Transitions Part 1 – America’s Horse Daily

Downward Transitions Part 1 – America’s Horse Daily — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:02:42 +0000

[...] you’re learning transitions, go slowly. Start with working on “walk to stop,” then gradually move up to “trot to walk,” [...]

By: Proceed Working Trot – America’s Horse Daily

Proceed Working Trot – America’s Horse Daily — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:51:57 +0000

[...] Transitions are how we get from gait to gait, but in dressage, they are not just a means to an end, but a training tool. [...]

By: Running In Circles, Part 2 – America’s Horse Daily

Running In Circles, Part 2 – America’s Horse Daily — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:02:10 +0000

[...] they practice going fast too much, their horse is going to like it and will want to run off and not slow down. That’s not true. Don’t be scared to practice those fast [...]

By: Increase Your Show Ring Confidence – America’s Horse Daily

Increase Your Show Ring Confidence – America’s Horse Daily — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:04:16 +0000

[...] as walking on a loose rein and letting your horse stretch, a turn on the forehand or trot-walk-halt transitions. Make it easy so you and your horse end [...]

By: Heads Up Horsemanship – America’s Horse Daily

Heads Up Horsemanship – America’s Horse Daily — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:03:03 +0000

[...] rider, you need to learn to feel your horse. Work on feeling which lead your horse is on and how he transitions from each gait. Then you can be ready to correct your horse without looking [...]

By: Balance at the Canter – America’s Horse Daily

Balance at the Canter – America’s Horse Daily — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:01:55 +0000

[...] weight distribution in a way that helps the horse’s balance, so the rushing on-the-forehand canter relaxes and slows to an improved rhythm and tempo (I have seen this trick work like [...]

By: Western Pleasure Calisthenics: Part III – America’s Horse Daily

Western Pleasure Calisthenics: Part III – America’s Horse Daily — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:03:07 +0000

[...] this exercise, I mix up my departures and transitions to determine what I need to work on. Sometimes I go from a lope down to a trot. Then trot to walk. [...]

By: Headsets – America’s Horse Daily

Headsets – America’s Horse Daily — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:02:17 +0000

[...] because of the head and neck. When a horse is performing, the rider has to encourage the horse to transfer weight from the front to the back end, so the balance is carried more from the hindquarters, and the horse [...]

By: skai

skai — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:59:55 +0000

i dont get it

By: Carol Ann Wiggins

Carol Ann Wiggins — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:27:44 +0000

Excellent tips!

I am a former downhill skier, and so used to using my feet for balance. Same thing applies while in the saddle, and when my horse spooks or makes an unusual quick maneuver, I use my feet in the stirrups and maintain excellent balance.

Thanks for these excellent and easy-reading tips!!!

Carol Ann Wiggins
AQHA# 3320021