Understanding Run/Flight Response in a Confused Horse
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Understanding Run/Flight Response in a Confused Horse
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Understanding Run/Flight Response in a Confused Horse
Case Study
Young horse who is reactive and has a strongly developed run (flight) response when confused.
1. Recognising the horse’s potential movement patterns
– Still left
– Inactive right hind
2. Getting to the seat of the problem
3. Organising priorities for solutions
– Rider safe
– Strengthen horse
4. The power of softness
– Blending
– Mark Rashid
5. Moving sideways
– Leg yield into downwards transition
– Look in direction of travel
– Inside leg to push out, forward, straightness, pure gait direction, speed, impulsion
6. Developing beyond the problems for long term solutions
– The way the horse should be correctly positioned
7. Evaluating your success:
– Constants and Variable
– Scale of training
8. Owning your responsibilities
– Rider, look and plan, speed, direction (whole body), balance
9. Letting go
– Self-carriage
10. Pushing the boundaries
– Shoulder In Counter Canter
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