Welcome to day 7 of the mini-course

 Working at the Long Rein  

Today we start with shoulder-out.

Shoulder-out is a lateral movement similar to shoulder-in, but easier to start with because of the fence.

The bending is opposite to the direction you are walking.

It teaches your horse to step with the inside hind leg towards the point of weight.

This improves balance, strength and straightness.

The angle depends on the level of your horse. Start small and increase when your horse becomes more supple and stronger.

The aids:

• Intention
• Energy
• Posture
• Walking direction
• Rein aids

The inside rein stays stable.
The outside rein gives space.

This is the final day of the mini-course...

In the past days, you have built a solid foundation in working at the long reins. You have prepared your horse, worked on clear aids, and developed control in straight lines, circles and changing direction.

With shoulder-out, you have now taken your first step into lateral work.

From here, you can continue to build further.

If you would like to continue, you can join the full program:

Working at the Long Rein – Mastery Program 🎉

In this program, you continue step by step and expand your training with:

• Arena figures
• Leg-yield
• Shoulder-in
• Shoulder-out (further development)
• Rein-back

And from there:

• Travers and half-pass
• Working pirouettes
• Collected trot
• Lateral work in trot

You also keep access to this course as reference material.

You will get 1 year access to a complete learning program to further develop your horse step by step.

For today:

You will find a PDF below with an overview of the aids, which you can take with you to the stable.

You can watch the final lesson here ⬇