Coaching

Oh How i adore warmblood trotting horses!! They really stole my Heart from early age :-) In my life.

Berra is a well built horse with a lot of charm :-)

When i see the pic from Maria and Berra i immideately see a very normal fault riders do, and that is to shape the inside with the inside hand. That gives the wrong support to the horse and Equipage.

You can see Marias inside hand, and that action, gives a reaction on the diagonal to the outside hind. Which in this case will be the supportive leg. Which should be the work from the inside hand.

We have to learn that it is the outside hand together with our inside leg that shapes the inside of the horse, the inside hand of the rider should only show the direction and give an idea about the flexibility we want on the diagonal hind, outside hind.

And then we look at the movie and we see exactly the same thing. The reaction to shape the inside with inside hand, is once again the main fault, so my recommendation is, think different! Act different, give the opposite aids and you will have a more flexibel and relaxed horse, putting weight on the hindlegs!

/Carola Lind