She's riding a brand NEW horse!!

During the warm-up, not only do we want to get our horse’s muscles warm, but we want to begin to get them supple, soft, and on the aids. The warm-up is also a great time to get to know the horse you’re riding and what aids work the best for them.
In this video, I will be showing you two great exercises to achieve these goals during your warm-up. This is a fun video from a lesson where I coach my student, Sylvia, who's riding Mercurio for only the third time.
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Using the leg yield at the walk and the three-loop serpentine at the trot, Sylvia learns how to communicate with her new mount Mercurio. These exercises are great for your warm-up, especially if you are riding a new horse. They really help you to find the right aids for your horse, and help to get them supple, soft, and responsive; all things that will set you up for a great ride!
Leg Yields at the Walk
This is a great exercise because it really helps you establish that inside hind leg to outside rein connection with your horse. Improving this connection often helps to create a more consistent contact, which makes this a great exercise for horses who like to curl or be inconsistent in the contact.
3-Loop Serpentine
After you have done some simple warm-up exercises at the trot such as 20m circles and changes of direction on the diagonals, the 3-loop serpentine is a great figure to ride. This exercise really helps you as the rider get to know your horse and what aids work for them. It is great for getting your horse supple and responsive. Since it involves lots of bending and turning, it is also a great exercise to help regulate tempo if you have a hot horse.
Try these two exercises during your warm-ups this week! They are great to use with any horse, but can be especially helpful when getting to know a new horse. These exercises really help to get your horse supple and on the aids, and remember, when your horse is supple, he is connected to you!
I hope that these tips help you with those next steps to find that ride you love!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

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[@brandyswanson6200]

Would love to see more videos like this where you are doing a training or lesson with someone. This is super helpful and enjoyable to watch

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Noted! Thank you for the kind words!

[@whinnie216]

I was going to say the same!!! Was happy this was a newer video so you would see these comments! A lot learned through watching you coach. There aren’t many videos like this with an instructor that I’d love to follow!

[@moniquemurfield4048]

Agreed, and would love to see more with green horses😊

[@maggiepie8810]

One of my favourites is leg-yielding in zigzag.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yes! That’s a great one!

[@barbstrona1]

I would love a lesson with you…. Leg yield. Everything!

[@onewaves7971]

Good job Sylvia, Amelia and Mercurio! You’re videos are an inspiration and a joy to watch. This one was particularly helpful as your clear and timely instructions and Sylvia’s adjustments showed obvious changes in Mercurio’s way of going and was beautiful to watch.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@natashayorath2782]

I found that really helpful. I ride different horses a lot and these are really good exercises for finding the right buttons! 🤩

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

I'm so glad!

[@susannhussels7445]

That was great. As a teacher myself I really like your style, I would love to have a lesson with you should I ever be in your area!

[@falizianme5846]

Great Job Sylvia! I love the exercises and real time corrections! And bonus points that you killed the cone! 😊🐎👍❤️. Thanks to you both! 😊

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

We're all human! :) Glad you loved it!

[@demidemi5155]

I love this content 🥰 could you maybe also make a video with fun pole excersises🥰

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Great suggestion!

[@kerrya7214]

Hahaha, glad you were controlling Levi there! Whoo he was a wild man!! LOL😂 thank you, great video, really enjoyed watching a different rider work through riding an unfamiliar horse. Appreciate the exercises.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shaynawynkoop4177]

Yes Amelia! More like this =) Thank you!

[@michelekanefsky7511]

Love this detail and watching Sylvia’s lesson! TY!!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You are so welcome!

[@shannonclendon1424]

Well done Sylvia! I love it when you have students ride! What a supportive coach you are and you are easy to understand from the saddle. Thank you for this!!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You are so welcome! I am very glad you appreciate it!

[@joelbailey1595]

Thanks Amelia. Very helpful having you on the ground teaching the rider to make corrections with their aids for the movement in real time.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thanks Joel, glad you enjoyed it

[@ntrope2090]

Love waking up to a new Amelia video🐴 !

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

I love making them! I am glad you love watching!

[@countryroads676]

Thankyou Amelia. I love your videos.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

❤️

[@RosalieDegabriele]

Great video love the detail ...

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad you like it

[@reginaangele1083]

More videos like this..very very helpful. Merci👍👍

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You're very welcome!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You're very welcome!

[@sarahhicks8506]

Hi Amelia, towards the end you mention not quicker, but longer stride. Tips on that? Thanks!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Absolutely! Think about encouraging the stride to get longer by encouraging suspension with your seat or your post and providing a push after the half halt to encourage a longer step.

[@sarahhicks8506]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Thank you!! That's very helpful!

[@niightmaares7618]

is there a difference in the leg position/ pressure when asking a horse to push forward and when you ask your horse so move away from the leg?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Great question! Typically forward is with both legs, sideways is with one, but it’s also incorporating the use of the seat and reins to allow the sideways movement! I have some great videos on leg-yielding, try this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5WVoZ55r9-gotk

[@DS-iv6wd]

Mercuric is above and below the vertical multiple times and this is what my horse does. I really don’t know how to fix this. I have been trying for so long. I am in Strides and being taught at home by a biomechanic rider trainer.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

It is connection and rider stability. It requires a delicate balance of forward and a very good contact building into connection. Curling behind is an evasion and a hard one to overcome. Keep working on your elbows and hands and pushing the horse forward while following the training scale. It won't be steady overnight but you will get there.

[@veniceliston1618]

where do you get those cones ?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Amazon! They are soccer cones.

[@veniceliston1618]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Thank you

[@ucfcastillo]

First!