Jane Savoie Helps Straighten a Dressage Horse
Written by admin on July 8, 2009 – 5:40 pm -
Jane Savoie shows you how to teach your dressage horse to bend the joints of his hind legs (engagement) through the use of First Position and Shoulder-fore. This is an essential ingredient for achieving collection.
Duration : 0:10:0
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Posted in Equestrian Dressage | 18 Comments »
By katielovesjackD on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
thats what my horse …
thats what my horse does .. the trot trot and canter he knows training any one in new jersey willing 2 help me?
By Onaziz on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
I love watching …
I love watching your videos Jane. Keep up your great work!
By boudiicea on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
Ok thanks!
Ok thanks!
By janesavoie on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
No. It’s less that …
No. It’s less that shoulder-fore. If the horse were coming toward you, you’d see half the width of his inside hind hoof to the inside of his inside front leg.
By boudiicea on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
Is “first position” …
Is “first position” Jane-ish for “shoulder fore” maybe?
By canterpir0uette on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
First position, …
First position, which she explains around the four minute mark, is basically a straight horse. This is wonderful! I wish I could train with you!
By DressageK on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
What do you mean by …
What do you mean by “first position?” The videos are great, thanks so much!
By janesavoie on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
You’re right. We …
You’re right. We DON’T want the horse to unload. We want him to shift his weight toward the hind legs and off the front.
When the horse in the clip “unloaded”, he was avoiding carrying weight on his hind legs. We want the horse to load the hind legs,
By onelasssttime on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
Ok thanks. Now I’m …
Ok thanks. Now I’m really confused. all the years riding Dressage and all of them spent trying to get his weight back there and off the front :-/ ?? I’ll have to re-watch this clip.
By janesavoie on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
Unload means to …
Unload means to take the weight off the hind legs so that the center of gravity shifts toward the front legs.
By onelasssttime on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
Please – what do …
Please – what do you mean, by ‘unload’??
Thanks
By bailycakes on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
She’s brilliant, …
She’s brilliant, isn’t she… she just has a knack for teaching that simplifies everything.
By janesavoie on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
There’s another one …
There’s another one if you do a search under rbsavoie.
By janesavoie on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
Enjoy!!!
Enjoy!!!
By manitoban3 on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
I just discovered a …
I just discovered a gold mine with these jane savoie videos… finally, exercises to fix my problems instead of just trying to “do better.” Can’t wait to get to work on some of the things I’ve learned today!
By Baroqlvr on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
Great video:) Thank …
Great video:) Thank you for posting
By janesavoie on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
The entire lesson …
The entire lesson will be on my new membership site which will be out soon.
By milliesos on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
id love to see the …
id love to see the rest of this lesson
do you have it xx
very nice horse and brill rider