Correction Riding

Ride for the Sake of the Horse — not Yours!

Don’t ride for the sake of riding, Ride to help your horse develop! by Rivkah Roth DO DNM “Like Rider like horse, like horse like rider” is a sentence I coined in the 1980s as an expression of the mutual influence on each other’s body, i.e. rider seat vs. horse movement and body use, and…
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Blue Tongues

Not the Problem but A Result! by Rivkah Roth DO DNM Blue tongues are unacceptable! And hiding them with contraptions, fluff, and the likes is not only unsportsmanlike, but tells about training shortcuts of horse and/or rider, or of total disrespect of the horse. Yet, blue tongues are not the original problem. They are almost…
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Focus on the Croup – not the Nose!

lowered Croup = nose in front of the Vertical High Croup = Nose behind the vertical by Rivkah Roth DO DNM Everybody understands that the nose behind the vertical shows bad riding or training. Yet, if we understand anatomy, physiology and biomechanics, we know that… only when the croup is lowered, can the nose come…
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Correction Riding

An Advance Teaser from A to Z Insights for Riders, Trainers, and Coaches by Rivkah Roth DO DNMfirst published 2020-10-21 on coachmetoo Correction riding is a highly specialized, often thankless, branch of correct dressage training. It would be wonderful if we wouldn’t need it, but sadly, we see more and more need for good correction…
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Category: Correction Riding

Ride for the Sake of the Horse — not Yours!

Blue Tongues

Focus on the Croup – not the Nose!