Dressage training with Garreth Hughes, How to improve the trot

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[@MarieElenaCambria1]

You have such an amazing gentle, thorough, willing attitude and ability. It is so nice to watch a rider who actually moves with the horse and not against him/her.

[@Summerbe550]

I fell in love with your riding (and your voice😅) great video!!!

[@JG-mt3rp]

I love this video and return to it now and again. I would love to see an update of this horse if one exists, and thank you for posting

[@ashleighrauen]

Love the positive attitude + great riding

[@zandor5657]

this instructor is spot on and this horse has beautiful measured paces

[@claudiahorsevideos]

Great training video. Curious to see how well this "peanut gallery" could do? Lovely mare...nice ride!

[@riverp9019]

Yah lovely riding. Take note of the riders soft, supple hips, spine, hands and legs. His body enhances while asking for the movement not demands through a rigid rider frame whip and leg. If only half the continental trainers trained like this we would see less hollow backs, trailing hind end, front stopped, nose clamped shut unhappy horses at the top level in the ring. The "silent screamers". Thankfully judges have learnt to see through this and hear. There are no short cuts. A happy horse is willing and supple and will go that extra mile for you. If you want your horse to truly come up and dance it must do so for the pleasure of wanting to do it with you. Keep it playful. The horse will be as exhilarated as the the rider to learn, not afraid, in pain and forced. Never ask for more until they are ready physically to be able to give more in this same supple relaxed round way. The horse needs to develop the muscles needed, this takes time gently building up excersises, keep them short and meaningful. Dont over do it give them plenty off time doing other things. I felt I needed to say these things as people are just getting the snippet here not the whole picture.

[@JG-mt3rp]

I so agree, Britain is really carrying the flame of what is correct and classical these days, and it's great to see.

[@equestanton1017]

Absolutely! And who would've thought in a hundreds years. I think we've had the advantage of being open to everything, rather than having come from an established dressage nation perhapse set in it's ways. So we've been able to take on board here and there and everywhere always adapting learning the best way forward (pun not intended). I think America is also going to come up in the stakes for much the same reason....few others too.

[@Rea_2023]

This horse is so beautiful. Pleasure to watch.

[@brianloopy4454]

She's lovely but a bit floaty. She needs to develope a proper trot, at the moment she's permanently half in passage rather than a true trot. With her ability it might be better start encouraging a good high passage then working down to a nice trot when she's a little less tense. I would love to see how she has progressed since this was made......

[@riverp9019]

Yes I agree with that. Horse are all individuals, training is not a rigid thing, you have to adapt, listen to the individual horse in order not to force things. She doesn't do a true trot here, so he could feasibly at least concentrate on perfecting that passage and work back towards a good true trot when she's a little less "floaty". Listen to her let her see what's best, dont resist. Keeping her forward instead of going up and down is obviously more difficult so let her go up and down at start, enhance that rather than fight it. This could probably also keep her from running in the trot later as she will see it as a break rather than a chore......it's all so variable the approaches as are the horses involved, this is just a snippet, a flash frame we can't tell the bigger picture from the rider here. You have to be open to the horse, always, though. Try this try that see how she does test response find the best way for that horse. I was reading a very recent article in "Euro Dressage", the "journalist" writer was horrified that some riders before the test seem to forgo what is considered the "correct" with a capital C warmup. Well and Im not advocating everyone forget a decent warm up because most horses benefit from it, and yes not all riders are working in the best way this is obvious in the number of hollow backed front stopped.....etc etc horses out there. However some horses do better in fact getting some serious energy burnt from the get go. As long as they're going "correctly" with a capital C this is not going to break the bank. Taking them out the box if they're on their toes quick thinkers you know before you even start the best approach. No need to force them to relax either this is counter productive, how we ended up with rollkur! Demanding submission. Use that energy instead. Some horses like to get out the box and passage, others doodle until they're awake, others are warmed up put away and then ridden......might even be the evening before the test. Character varies considerably as do approaches required. A longer "warm down" is probably more beneficial and important for those horses that prefer to start of with the hard stuff, getting the stretch in, loosening up, when they're ready. Right? This might be just before the test after some serious work or in training so you can at least tuck em up all relaxed and supple ready for tomorrow. More worrying for me is seeing the difficulties horses/riders seem to have getting a proper stretch across the top line and neck in young horse competitions, in the test and warm up. Being pushed prematurely to meet the requirements of these competitions could be affecting their development. That was a long one ,now I'm awake har har, nothing like a good bit of key board 'warrioring' to wake up.

[@carrierose7173]

Very good

[@fisssy1]

Horse looks lovely and soft.

[@SoloEquine]

Super!

[@savannahwhitehead5887]

My gelding doesn't listen to half halts so what should I do? He's a super green Anglo-Arab x paint who's been abused and rescued. Whenever I half halt him all he does is goes on then it but doesn't slow down and if I half halt him more he goes btv....what do I do?

[@eligil4629]

Savannah Whitehead I recommend starting with very exaggerated half halts. Work the horse on a circle in trot and give the aids to walk. Just as he is about to walk push him forward back into a working gait with your legs. Practise this is all three paces until he gets the general idea of collecting then pushing forward in the correct position. Gradually decrease the obviousness if the half halt until you are performing an unnoticeable re-balancing aid.

[@tarekmohamed5910]

اريد معرفه الخطوات من البدايه كحصان خام

[@xxshannonxxplayz_yt3049]

Why do you pull the rain back to keep the horses head down it’s crewl

[@jaylonmilosh8088]

yea that totally helps others to learn by showing us what the horse already knows how about a horse thats never done dressage before then show us how you train em

[@abwarmblood1780]

This is an exceptional training insight. Not for beginners. Look at other videos for that. He clearly started by saying he's training her for Grand Prix. So we meet them where they're at.

[@JG-mt3rp]

If this is your level of understanding I hope you will seek a trainer.

[@isabella-momhug2316]

What breed is that?

[@MarieElenaCambria1]

I love you! wow

[@labradoo23]

Why do you need a flash noseband why is the horse over bent and flicking its tail in irritation ?

[@emupost7472]

theres always one isnt there. the horse needs that kind of nose band to stop it from rubbing the horse's neck is bent because thats the style.

[@eyelikediamonds]

+ann hemingway The horses neck isn't "bent" its in a frame. You know nothing about equitation so why are you on this video?

[@erin_enfield501]

+Shelbi Marie equation is how the rider looks not the horse

[@meganmcgrath8378]

This is a year old but I want to respond because I think it's really interesting. The flicking tail isn't irritation--it's recognition. She does it every time he clucks at her, and probably means she's engaging her hind legs in that moment. If she were irritated, she'd be flicking the ears, showing the whites of her eyes, tossing her head--you know, horse irritation. She's so calm, forward and attentive, it's amazing to me you'd read this as irritation. The head carriage is maybe a tad behind the bit but not too extreme I think. Her head doesn't seem locked, her back is too supple and his hands look very gentle. It's a tight frame, but a good one (probably related to her over-floaty tension a previous commenter picks up on).You can practically see the waves of impulsion moving up from her hind legs through her neck, down to the bit, back to his hands--it's a good, stringy connection. tl;dr I really don't think this is a suffering horse. She'd be tense with an inflexible hollowed back, or deadened and unresponsive. This is a horse working happily with a rider who's got gentle aids.

[@eyelikediamonds]

***** Yes, I know, and she's complaining about the rider here and the riders decisions. Hence, equitation.

[@tinaolsen5375]

Super lækker hest :)

[@victorialazareva]

I am sorry are you riding a Tennessee walker or something? Why is your horse snapping its front legs up so high?

[@victorialazareva]

***** it doesn't move that way

[@patriciamoussempes6178]

Educate yourself

[@janehorne615]

This rider is cramming horse in .why does he ride with round shoulders???

[@lizzykelman]

look up

[@cheeseballfreak]

Dressage is about developing a horse's natural gaits that's within it's level of movement. This is none of that, head crammed into a frame that's behind the vertical, not allowing for proper contact with the bit with it's mouth sealed closed by a tight noseband and flash. A completely artificial trot with the horse not over it's back nor stepping under itself, not rhythmic and front legs lifting way higher than the backlegs is a big red flag for anyone with knowledge in classical dressage

[@divina2265]

You are so right 👏

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Here is another video on how to develop cadence in the trot: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKrcZpV9rNt_hs0sub_confirmation=1