Dressage Groundwork

Love this ground work! He has a great top line, is there any chance you could do a video looking at what conformation to look for in a dressage horse? Thank you!!

What breed is Harvey?

Any suggestions on how to keep a horse from getting super crooked while doing leg yields in hand? I like working on lateral work in hand, but my horse tends to get super crooked through her body.

Hi. I love your videos. How long those exercises should be?

thanks so much👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻so helpful🌈💚

I have said this before ... but again, I love your videos. This one I have shared to all of my students as they are just learning "in-hand" techniques. Your video is a fantastic visual addition to their learning.

Thank you for doing what you do !

What is that pad on his back?....great video.

This was great! I'm going to try these techniques on the ground! Thanks.

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love this ground work!

Super video. How often can I do these exercises with my horse? Can I do them everyday? Or would it become too boring or cause discomfort etc. I have an older horses that I am retraining. Thank you :)

I love your videos. All really helpful giving lots of time to demonstrate methods which I then love to practise at home.

Amelia your videos are very helpful in training. This one especially because I am working on half pass. I watch your brothers vids too and they are cool but yours are more of training-which is what I love.

My horse got so annoyed with me and I could not get him to leg yield.
I try this ridden and struggle also. He either goes back or just stops completely. Can you offer any other tips of what I can do? He did the turn on the forehand exercise really well. P.s I love your videos I have become obsessed with watching and then practising the tips. Thank you.

So helpful thank you I am alone without my trainer now because of what's happening so thanks to your videos I can carry on teaching him to move away from the leg, we had just started that he is 5yrs old.

I'm getting a little bit confused on what you are doing with the reins during this, especially the outside rein as I thought that the inside rein should be lighter

Thank you for giving us all these groundwork videos in one place!

Great video. I was trying decipher what you were doing with your reins when you had him leg yielding and then yielding with his head to the opposite (outside rein) side I think it was the start of a Renvers? I am thinking you want him to seek the contact of the outside rein for the leg yield but what about for the Renvers

Ok so 2 nights ago I came home after a ride and needing to rethink leg yield off my left leg as I kept losing the shoulder. And this was in my inbox. So I did leg yield in hand last night (he's good in hand already) then went home and rewatched a few videos on leg yield you've done. Rethought things and schooled tonight and he was fantastic and I was way more correct. So perfect timing; thanks so much!

Any suggestions on how to keep a horse from getting super crooked while doing leg yields in hand? I like working on lateral work in hand, but my horse tends to get super crooked through his body He shifts his weight back and forth to each shoulder during this exercise as well as during riding. He is a very crooked horse that is a saddlebred and a training challenge.

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Wow!

Where did you get your carbon fiber rod? I've been having a hard time finding one.

Harvey is such a good-natured boy trying to help you out. What a cute smarty pants.

What you are doing is not a turn on the forehand it is a turn ABOUT the forehand. In a turn ON the forehand the inside front leg pivots in place albeit that it may step in place.

Great video - wee suggestion, in the UK we use a schooling whip, and teach this in a head collar, not sure if you get those where you are. I'm trying to teach a native breed (Highland pony), not to be afraid of the mounting block, so I'm using should and quarters as a means of doing so! Love your videos!

Awesome vid!!!

can you ad a link to where I can buy the carbon fiber stick?

Good video and clarity!

This is very informative. I've been struggling with leg yields.... I'll try this tomorrow. thanks!!

Male horses have big cocks 😎

Great video - thank you for this!

How long each day should i work on with this for my horses?

I keep coming back to this video Amelia! Just love your manner xx

I love learning about how you do groundwork! Thanks!

I don't know a single English rider who routinely does groundwork, and it's ridiculous to me. This is how you build a relationship and gain respect in a safer way. I guarantee that the jumper in the Olympics who couldn't get her horse to jump would have done better if she had spent her 20-minute warm-up doing groundwork.

My horse side steps . he won't cross this feet, then offers to kick me... Lol. I even made him watch this video and he's still being stubborn. Unwilling ... I must be doing it wrong. Lol

Beautiful video as usual !! Thank you!!! May I ask: how does the horse figures out the legs aids? Is it the whip activating the right hind and once on saddle it is understood easily from our leg instead of the whip? I hope i explained my self!! Thank you so much!!

Amelia half hault

At what age can you start this amount of lateral work and crossing over? I’m just starting my very large warmblood and a bit torn on how early I can do some things due to his slower maturity. He is four, but just balancing and muscling bc half draught ( ISH) and a good 17.2h

@AMELIANEWCOMBDRESSAGE WHAT KIND OF FOOTING IS THAT? I NEED IT :-)

Hi Amelia, thank you for posting this. It made it clear which hand is supposed to be doing what. From Terry and Sam

Amelia, you are THE best ❤

Amelia I respect and appreciate your teaching - but I still don't understand why you use a cinched won tight noseband? It doesn't matter if the horse opens his mouth and toys withe snaffle bit because when he does so his jaw begins to loosen and RELAX.. The tightly closed mouth was one of the changes made in classical high school by German Nazis and French high Command Fascists in the 1920's and 30"s and is based on their mis understanding of bend. Basically they thought an open mouth meant their
commanding officers could see that they were very poor riders.. Yes they were poor riders because they were stiff, rigid and only had a limited understanding of equine bio-mechanics.
best
Bruce Peek