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Rider Sin #1: Pulled-back Elbows
Or Why “We Can’t Ride on the Horse’s Head” by Rivkah Roth DO DNMfirst published 2019-11-17 on coachmetoo A rider attempting to control the horse by its head – i.e. “hold” the horse by the bit, with running reins, or other contraptions – will fail because riding front-to-back is against the nature of our prey-animal Read more
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Schooling Transitions
Avoidable Pitfalls by Questioning All-Too Common Training Suggestions by Rivkah Roth DO DNMfirst published 2018-12-31 on coachmetoo The value of riding transitions from gait to gait or within one gait in the schooling of our horses is unquestioned. Only correctly ridden transitions however fulfill our goal of producing a better balanced, sound and uphill horse. Read more
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Dressage for Jumping?
It’s all about correct basics by Rivkah Roth DO DNMfirst published 2021-02-14 on coachmetoo A hundred years ago there was no such a thing as dressage or jumping. It simply was called riding or equestrian training. Gymnastic work, jumping, gallops on the race track, and outings on groomed trails and through natural forests and terrains Read more
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Unfortunate Developments in Dressage
Could they be partially Saddle Related? by Rivkah Roth DO DNMfirst published 2019-09-01 on coachmetoo Emotions are flying high when and where it comes to the competitive aspects of dressage. On one side, there are spectators hungry for circuslike displays of bigger-is-better movement excitement. These include horsy and non-horsy admirers of our field that is Read more
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Straightness
Why you May Have it All Wrong “Straight” is not “|” Straight, but “)” = “(” Even Bend by Rivkah Roth DO DNMfirst published 2016-11-08 on coachmetoo Ever since Prussian dressage master Gustav Steinbrecht (1808 to 1885) demanded, “reite Dein Pferd vorwaerts und richte es gerade” – usually translated into English way-off-the-mark as, “ride your Read more
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Training Knows No Shortcuts
From ill-proportioned 3 Year Old into an Elegant 6 Year Old or a Wreck by Rivkah Roth DO DNM first published 2018-11-03 on coachmetoo What we do with a horse between age three and six determines health or unsoundness of the horse’s body and mind for the rest of its life. Facilitating to the degree Read more
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