HOW TO TROT ON THE CORRECT DIAGONAL

HOW TO TROT ON THE CORRECT DIAGONAL
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[@emilysimek7302]

I learned how to post trot on the outside shoulder going forward by reading Saddle Club books as a pre teen! Lol. Those books were seriously educational! It makes a lot of sense since the weight you are sitting down for should be on the "inner edge" of the horse, kind of like skating, on skates with edges - where you put pressure, you will turn in that direction, more weight is on the inner leg rather than outer leg.

[@bellecow10]

I’ve never thought about it that way but it makes sense!

[@MikaKotikoski]

Very well explained. Intrestingly all my coaches have always been telling to pay attention when to sit down. This method of concentrating when to stand up instead feels kinda more logical and the rising of your hand in walkin was an interesting way for the teacher to see that the rider actually understands when to rise. Kudos.

[@usmanmajid7837]

This is a super clear explanation! However, when I first practiced this I have to say it took me ages to look down and actually see the shoulders in action and then rise accordingly - it all happens a bit too fast! During my last lesson I kept getting it wrong, and my instructor made me "sit for two". Any tips on how to identify the correct diagonal without looking over, and like me, forgetting to steer the dang horse in the process?! 😂

[@Aswria]

Haha I’m currently struggling with the same issue! I’m a beginner rider and I can’t seem to tell if I’m on the right diagonal or not quick enough and I always forget to steer in the process! Currently working on it though!

[@orlaa_brilyn]

THIS IS SO HELPFUL OMG! ive been riding for a long time and im quite experienced but i somehow forgot my diagnol😂

[@mollytheservicedog8434]

Sameew

[@Bubblehorse6575]

Same

[@avenuestowellness8642]

This is the Best Explanation and Demonstration I have seen! Thank you.

[@rochellesumeray4213]

So well explained. For an accountant this was very satisfying for me !! It just also looks so much more natural. (For artists)

[@divamuis]

Thank you so much! I’m a beginner and have a foreign trainer who didn’t manage to explain it so i could understand, now I do!

[@francisstapp1583]

New to riding this was the video that made inside and outside click for me and what I'm looking for when getting on the right diagonal

[@demilouise.x]

thanks so much! this is explained so well , i’m autistic so instructions are so difficult for me unless they are straight forward !😊

[@writerspen010]

This is such a clear explanation, thank you!

[@suzannaalexander-ford558]

Been riding for 60 years and I still don't get it!...........( I get the theory obviously) but practically it all happens to fast for me to get it!! Frustration overload!

[@ZaraMuradDressage]

yes isnt it funny, some of my clients pick it up really quick and some of them always struggle to see it !!

[@nizarshom]

Hi idk if I should be proud of myself am 8 years old and my highest jump is 90 plus I've trained for 2 an a half years but I mix up in diagonals😅 please make a vi's about cantee leads and holds and flying change pls

[@christosvakasiras1642]

That helped a lot thank u so much u saved my life!!1 I am giving dressage lisence soon and i could't understand when i was in the right leg thanks to uuu this is much easier for me right now

[@baileyrags]

thank you gworl you’re so much comuna! our trainer never told us to go up when our horses leg went forward she said OUR LEG!! what a booty hole ikr like what the heck i almost couldn’t jump anymore!! 🤥

[@finnleygolda9520]

Thank you so much! I’m in the IEA and had no idea what my coach was saying when she told me to do this! I would just slow down😂

[@zoevangelos5945]

I was in my riding lessons and I wasn’t paying attention when she said what the flag potion diagonal is so this video really help me thank you so much

[@sophiesteinbach9660]

This was very informational, thank you!

[@n30n__ra1n]

I got this right on my very first lesson learning it but I’ve only ever had maybe 5 lessons or so and I haven’t had any in about a year so I forgot how to do this I plan to start again soon so this was a nice refresh of my memory :)

[@chips7042]

I have been riding for 2 years now and I never got them right thank you this was very helpful 👍

[@camiandthebird3323]

i have my first horse show in less then 3 weeks and i still have not got them very well i a so scared

[@AddyRides]

@@camiandthebird3323 I have my second horse show in 2 days and I don’t know them 😬

[@antoniosammartino9815]

Perfect video and very well explained! Thank you very much ;)

[@natasha78122]

Hi Zara i am Natasha a para rider from Hong kong. i rode horses for 20 years still can’t get my trot diagonal right all the time sometimes i can feel the right diagonal is more comfortable and smooth.

[@fatteytube]

Crisp explanation there.. Thank you!

[@luvlogs.4326]

thank you so much for the video. I can never get it right and this was so useful!

[@gerardogodinez4425]

Thank you!!! You explained it nicely!!

[@meganpahl3612]

I must ask if you have videos to show us how to teach an expressed trot from the ground??

[@NishantBalan]

Great tip. Great video. Thank you.

[@celiadockery]

i love your vidoes !!!

[@ghislaineparent1773]

I also love your videos, simple, concise and clear so thank you 😊

[@user-tq2pw1lx9y]

Thanks for the information

[@natasha78122]

What can i also do to get it right all the time?

[@danvici5714]

What is the outside shoulder when the horse trots in an open field in a straight line and there is no fence nearby?

[@usmanmajid7837]

Good question!

[@kittycatdays8719]

Probably just any random shoulder, although there could maybe be a difference in case a horse isn’t all round balanced or muscled, then you choose based on that? Not sure.

[@stefaniamoise7329]

So when a trainer ask on which leg you are it reffers to your leg or the horses leg? And let's say the right horses leg is the outside one an you're on the left rein,which leg you are rising? Left(i mean our leg)

[@ZaraMuradDressage]

So if you are on the left rein , you will be rising to the right leg (outside leg) . When that leg goes forward is when you stand up 😁

[@stefaniamoise7329]

@@ZaraMuradDressage thank you so much for clarifying. And just another question, my trainer is always saying one leg on the girth and one behind it,if I'm on the left rein ,which leg is on the girth and which one is behind it?

[@kittycatdays8719]

@@stefaniamoise7329 likely, usually, it’s the inside leg on the girth, outside is behind it

[@emmawade4532]

Im kinda confused.... do we always go up on the right leg moving forward or do we go up when the left leg goes forward?

[@ZaraMuradDressage]

its neither the right or the left as this changes when changing the rein. It is always the outside leg (closest the the outside of the school) . You go up when the outside leg comes forward :D

[@bshaw2221]

@@ZaraMuradDressage thanks

[@emilylipsitz]

How tall are your horses?

[@ZaraMuradDressage]

Emily Lipsitz big 😂 allegro is 17.3hh who stands the tallest of them all and Sunny is the smallest of them all at 16.2 x

[@emilylipsitz]

@@ZaraMuradDressage how many do you have ?

[@ZaraMuradDressage]

@@emilylipsitz 7 with number 8 on the way !

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[@Vivenk88]

Are you always supposed to trot on the outside diagonal?

[@baileyrags]

yes!

[@cotto0619]

i dont understand how you know your on the wrong diagonal

[@Willsolacethecowboy2]

Ik this is a super old comment but especially on bouncy horses you can feel that when you’re on the wrong diagonal it feels messier/less balanced and more uncomfortable, I kind of always feel less in tune with my horse. But if you can’t tell as well, look at your horses outside shoulder while you’re riding. That’s the one closest to the rail or just generally on the outside of the circle that you are riding in. This one was always trickier for me to see, especially if I’m riding a less bouncy horse, but you should be posting up as his shoulder moves forward. And then coming back down kind of as his shoulder moves backwards. It shouldn’t be forward while you’re sitting in the saddle, that probably means you’re on the wrong diagonal. Sorry if the second part made no sense I’ve gotten good at feeling it so I don’t really use the second method much anymore