Intermediate English Exercises by Cherry Hill

Author:Cherry Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

EXERCISE 7

Lengthen Trot

• Posting trot and trot around the corner.

• Trot down the long side and around the corner.

• Sitting trot down the short end.

• In the second corner of the short end, ride a 40-foot-diameter circle in active sitting trot, with strong right leg and right seat bone.

• Finish the circle and head across the diagonal.

• After one stride straight, you should feel even contact in both of your hands.

• Half halt.

• Lengthen across the diagonal, posting trot.

• Use exaggerated driving aids with each sitting beat.

• Allow the horse to fill up a new frame with his increased impulsion and reach by letting both of your hands move forward.

• Ride the lengthening as many strides as the horse is capable of while staying in balance, from just a few strides to the entire diagonal.

• Half halt as you end the lengthening.

• Sitting trot straight and around the corner to left.

This exercise develops strength of back, loin, and hindquarters of any horse.

* At first, just ask for a few strides. Over time, ask for the entire diagonal. A horse must develop the strength to lengthen.

* Stay organized and don’t let the horse speed up instead of reaching out farther. A lengthening is a longer reach and a lower frame, but in the same rhythm as the working trot.

* The first steps of an extension are a fraction slower and more collected than the working trot.

* If you haven’t developed an effective seat, the sitting trot on the circle may cause your horse to become tense and hollow his back.

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