How to warm up your horse? | Begijnhoeve | How to #3

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

What would you like to see in this How-To series?

[@robyneromijn8285]

Appuyeren, schouderbinnenwaarts, travers, piroutes, wijken, eigenlijk alle oefeningen😂

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

@liesbeth thnx good idea 😁

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

@robyne ja ja alles op z’n tijd 🤪

[@annikak1887]

Can we also get an update of the stuff you planted around the fence for the bees 🐝 should hopefully look nice and colorful 🌸

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Haha yes Sure 🦋 You see a little bit of the wild flowers in Weekvlog 19 😎

[@lucky17zeta]

I love the way you say 'it's not going to be picture perfect from the start' I hate it when I get on my horse and feel the pressure immediately to make her look great in front of people. I know it takes her 20 mins or so to really become light and trainable and that's fine, she's 16 now so won't be so agile just like me ! 😂

[@ridinglessons1605]

@lucky17zeta Brave and real riders 'ride through the ugly'. You ride for your horse, not for the onlookers (most of whom do not understand riding in the first place). Those who really know the riding will love to watch you take your time.

[@BbYtube80]

Zo hey! Bedankt mannen! Dit zijn volwaardige trainingsvideo’s. Niet kiezen voor de easy fix maar van begin tot eind zeer duidelijk voor ruiter en paard. En dat allemaal gratis en voor niets, voor ons! Voelt eervol deze video op zondag! Many thanks and keep up the goodwork!!! 🥇🙌🏻

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Wat een leuk berichtje dank je wel! 🤗

[@cordywitt6400]

Very honest video on how difficult dressage is. Thank you Tommie.

[@bronxkutya]

Thank you this was very relevant to me, my boy runs away from me at times as well and is quite saucy 😂, yet thanks for reiterating how important it is to persist with this warm up. I love how miss Fanatic plays in quite moments with her muzzle...very cute. Thanku 🙏🙏

[@elizabethfrank2213]

yes the muzzle twitching xx

Thank you for this how-to series, they are SO good at explanation! Absolutely amazing 👌

[@jhorvers]

I think it's very good that you made this video because the warming up is often underestimate. When I was still riding and competing I watched so many people get on their horse and either started with very short reigns and pulling the horses head back (without considering their back or hind legs) the "famous" Dutch expression "geen gelul in de krul!"... Or they just walked around with no contact at all and after 5-10 minutes wanted the horse to flip a switch and start working without any warning.. I regularly got comments or questions on why I always took so much time warning up... I don't think that taking 15 till 20 min depending on the day is that long and always responded with the comment "because if you would go to the gym for a fitness training and someone pushed you to start right away or didn't guide you properly... How would that make you feel both physically and mentally? Because even if you believe a horse is just a horse and should be able to do it that way doesn't make that true or fair... I would rather have a partnership than a dictatorship so we both can enjoy the ride and keep on learning from and with each other.. It may take a few minutes longer in the beginning but it will save you a lot of time down the road...

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Exactly 👌🏻. Thnx for you’re mssg 😁

[@Yiphatable1]

Thank you so much for those videos, really appreciate it. My mare is the same- she sees everything! One moment she’s with me and the next her head is in the clouds, and the next she’s with me again. Very hard for me to keep her concentration

[@mshorselover77]

I am so happy that I found your training videos. They are the absolute best of any I have seen!! 🙏

[@pedropadilla6651]

Amazing mare.. please, more videos about training tips!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thnx we’re going to do that 😁

[@kimpeeters89]

Wauw, super bedankt dat je dit paard hebt gekozen om de warm-up mee te laten zien. Alsof ik naar mijn eigen paard zit te kijken. Hij heeft vaak spanning, ziet van alles en is soms wat rennerig. Tempocontrole en het iets ronder instellen als dat ik zou willen, is idd onderdeel van onze warming up. Soms snappen andere ruiters dit niet, maar het werkt voor mijn paard waardoor hij zijn werk daarna beter kan doen en ik aan het einde (of tussendoor) vaker momenten heb zoals ik het wel zou willen 🤷🏼‍♀️ Echt super bedankt!

[@geikevanhoof3763]

Ik heb zo veel geleerd van deze video! En fanatique is zooooo mooi.❤❤❤

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Wat fijn goed om te horen! 😁

[@SonjaHanson-tm2xt]

Thankful for this amazing warm up!!you ar absolutely right on with what you're doing...l've watched this very slowly and methodically...and you are so connected with her every need and your attention to every detail of warming her up over the back and through ..you always do a beautiful job..... .strengthening her the correct way...reining, westen pleasure...over the back is the key to longevity. .Visconte Simom Cocooza

[@SonjaHanson-tm2xt]

Continued... Visconte Simom Cocooza's book Yoga Core Conditioning for horses complements how you warm up.....thank you again for being wiling to put this video out there... you've help answer so many questions.... blessings 🙏 Sonja

[@peterthehorse8204]

Loved this video, love the training riding videos 😁

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thnx 😊

[@margokoorn1688]

ik wou dat dit in mijn ruiterperiode dit was zo de uitleg video,s, maar toch weet en begrijp ik wat je bedoeld ook al rij ik al zolang geen paard meer ik weet er alles nog over. En inderdaad het ziet er makkelijker uit dan het is maar nou moet ik ook wel zeggen dat jij (Tommie) heel rustig en relaxed overkomt en daar zal het paard ook natuurlijk baat bij hebben. Leuk dat dit het nieuwe thema is van de zondag video,s want daar zullen een hoop ruiters blij mee zijn. Het zag er weer top uit, bedankt.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Haha ik zeg dat ook heel vaak als ik toen toch eens wist wat ik nu weet haha maar goed het proces is ook weer leuk! Dank je wel weer voor je berichtje 😁

[@harmonysprogress]

Great video!!! Thank you!!!

[@mariekedenhaan6751]

Hi Tommie, net jullie video's ontdekt. En wat leggen jullie dit begrijpelijk en rustig uit. Ik heb al veel waardevolle informatie gehoord. Hoop dit ook te kunnen toepassen in mijn eigen trainingen.

[@gackenbach]

Thanks for a great vlog good choice of hose to demo probs. Look forward to your series

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thnx ☺️🤗

[@renskevg9995]

Super deze uitlegvideo's! Een video over het selecteren van goede veulens is ook een idee. Ik ben benieuwd waar jullie op letten als jullie naar een veulen kijken. Buiten het rijden is dit ook zeker een groot interessegebied van mij. En qua rij-videos is iets over het opleiden van jonge paarden ook leuk!

[@required7928]

Very nice video to watch! I am attending a show within 2 days, gonna try to use your tips!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Good luck!

[@margavdvleuten8954]

Heel duidelijk uitgelegd! Leerzame vlog weer!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Dank je 😊

[@nadiamanintveld]

Super leerzame video!

[@hemmantequinecentre6340]

prachtig Tommie met goede uitleg

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Dank je wel 😊

[@sandradegroot6412]

If the warming up isn't 100%, do you start with other practising in the higher up contest position?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

I try to feel what is most easy for that moment! Ofcourse the better it gets the easier it goes also on ‘bad’ moments 😁

[@baybreezefarm]

When do you take those draw reins off?

[@dutchpetra]

you say that the ideal situation is to have the horse's neck stretched with the nose in front if the vertical, then why do you show your horse during the entire ride so extremely far behind the vertical with no mention of this being undesirable, nor do you make any effort to address this issue?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Hi thanks for your comment. Indeed it’s not good enough at that point. But if you listen to te beginning of the video i thought that I mention that with this horse it was back than really difficult because she is so extremely sensitive. There for I choose to show not only the perfect picture. However I also think that people in general totally forget to look at the horses needs for that moment. To me it’s more important in this stage that my horse is relaxed en she can position her head how she feel most comfortable. And if you follow the scala Der ausbildung you see that first priority is regularity than relaxation and than the position. And with some horses is just easier than others but I find it not correct to forse my horse in a position where they find it difficult and this case it was not easy to do it as we wanted. But I did practice and hopefully it is better now 😇

[@PS-hy5pi]

@@Begijnhoeve_official l appreciate your honesty and good intentions and l really found helpful for everyone an honest and "clean" video rather than a fake one. I understand that overbending at poll could be just a step, but in that way l am not sure the horse it's really relaxed and stretched. I am agree with you that in this way you keep her oversensitivity and spoke under control, but still the horse it's under the vertical. Don't get me wrong, I am not criticizing your work, l am agree with most. But not sure that the beautiful mare you're riding has a true relaxation. Yess the scale of training say rythm and relaxation but if you take off the double bridles the overbending is she still relaxed? Please take it like an honest exchange of ideas and knowledge. Enjoy your work.

[@PS-hy5pi]

Dutchpetra that's a good point.

[@mshorselover77]

When the horse has yielded as far as it can, the horse is forced to break between the 2nd and 3rd vertebrae. This stresses the ligaments around the withers and interrupts the longdissimus back muscles. Also You don't speak of using your seat for aiding. You speak of the reins and the leg only. I watch and enjoy your videos all the time and get a lot of good information but I do notice in this video these faults.

[@ctimm54]

He stated several times the mare was tense and wanting to run but instead of just shortening the reins to elevate her poll he wanted to allow her a longer rein to practice this important part of warming up. I’ve ridden horses easy to stretch and some hot tense ones want to curl up and run and you can’t get a proper stretch till they are through in their body at the end of a ride.

[@lindavanderkooi-reitsma9555]

Het gaat dan misschien niet gemakkelijk, het is wel super duidelijk! Interessant!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Ah leuk om te horen! Dank je 😊

[@marijkecrijnen7975]

You explane wonderfuly Love it

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thank you 😊

[@nathaliekluken9478]

Just discovered your videos very interesting . My mare has the same kind of character as this beauty. How long is your warm up normally ( around 15 min? Or so?) Thank you

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

My warm up is on the felling and not on the clock hahah it so depends on the day it self…. 😇

[@xBobbielee]

Super leerzaam weer! Wat voor zadel heb je nu op Fanatique? Ziet er fijn uit, mooie wrong naar voren!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Custom zadels ☺️

[@didiertuysuzian6067]

Zeer leerzam , evenhals atijd !

[@roblesse1]

Leerzaam filmpje👍

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

😁👍🏻😘

[@petralogger]

Inspiratie!!!!! Thanx

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Graag gedaan 😊

[@samanthavuksanovic7619]

How long is your usual warm up with the ‘usual’ horse? On a bad day, when she is extra hot, how long is the warm up with Fanatique?

[@royposter80]

Tips bij paarden die wat trager/groot bewegen. Mijn paard kan super lopen maar om hem echt aan de gang te krijgen heb ik soms het gevoel ik hem een beetje moet opjagen om sneller te krijgen. Graag zou ik dit meer uit de ontspanning willen krijgen. Als hij eenmaal loopt dan loopt ie maar zou graag meer uit de ontspanning willen

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Ik zou dan toch in begin dat snelle vragen en m daar in laten ontspannen...... dat is ook het lastigste van dressuur we moeten ontspanning hebben in de aanspanning🙃

[@Yiphatable1]

But my horse does run away when I give the reins, how to overcome it?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

We do have a video about transitions! I’ll explain in that one what I do when the ‘run’ away! 😁

[@davidcarter3049]

I’ve seen a trainer do small circles.. you don’t restrict the movement by pulling, you turn a small circle which slows the horse down, and allow him to reach forward

[@jaynfontain6635]

Your lovely horse is behind the vertical constantly and needs to go more forward from your leg to the hand. This a faulty work and you are breaking the horse down. Disappointing.

[@annieponies3462]

Your horse is not stretching at the trot too tense !!!!!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

True this was more than a year ago. Hopefully it’s better now 🙃

[@carenbecker66]

Auf Instagram folge ich... aber hier sehe ich zum ersten mal etwas, das gefällt mir so gar nicht- das Pferd ist mir zu stark hinter der senkrechten mit falschem Knick

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

True was a year ago very difficult to get it right. Now it’s Mutch better! I hope we improved 👍🏻💪🏻

[@Heidi.Fredriksberg]

Why do you have her so much behind the vertical all the time?

[@rigobertogarcia2963]

P ok

[@sasalivaja3017]

Severely behind the vertical , not good

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Than you didn’t listen well enough

[@mahogany815]

But she doesn't look stretched. I would like to see a video where she is properly stretched and then compare the two videos where she is over bent like in this one and properly stretched in a different one. Thank you

[@ankiavanrooyen]

Your video is very educational but her head is too much in.. that is unhealthy

[@jackieyoung6749]

Very overbent