Grand Prix Training, Trot half pass, canter pirouette, pi and pa transitions with Laurens van Lieren

Laurens van Lieren presents a training session with his Grand Prix horse including trot half pass, canter pirouettes, piaffe and passage. The total running time of this three part video is 32:15. Laurens van Lieren presents a training session with his Grand Prix horse including trot half pass, canter pirouettes, piaffe and passage. The total running time of this three part video is 32:15.

Contents

  • He talks about how he works a lot on his own aids and making them as minimal as possible. - Part 1 ( 0:17:25)

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    Laurens rides his Grand Prix partner, Ulysees la Haya in a normal daily training session.  He talks about how he works a lot on his own aids and making them as minimal as possible. Laurens makes sure that Ulysees is responding to his half halt, but doesn't want him to slow down and offers a resisting hand until he gets light again. He adds bend with an uphill tendency, and when It's good he asks for the trot half pass.  He finishes the warm up with beautiful trot half passes and then covers the response to the aids needed to succeed at the top.  In the canter Laurens uses small leg aids, only adding the spur if he doesn't get the response from the small aid.

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  • He now moves on to tempi changes, using aids that are small enough that they can't be seen. - Part 2 ( 0:08:05)

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    He now moves on to tempi changes, using aids that are small enough that they can't be seen.  His one tempos are beautiful, and he goes on to the pirouettes.  He first has to establish his half halt, making sure he can let go after the half halt. In the canter pirouette he makes sure that Ulysees is waiting for him and is uphill.

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  • Laurens now goes to the piaffe and passage. - Part 3 ( 0:13:40)

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    Laurens now goes to the piaffe and passage.  Ulysees has struggled with the piaffe, and it is still in development. He begins by making sure he is quick off his leg aids and is light in the front.  He makes sure he finds the rhythm that is comfortable for the horse and works on the basics when he becomes a bit heavy in the hand.  He needs to collect the passage to get the piaffe and when he has that he goes on to the piaffe.  In training he keeps him on curved line so he can go forward out of the piaffe if needed.  At this point in his training he accepts that there is room for growth in the piaffe.

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