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Applying Dressage To Hunt Seat: Two Instructors Find Value

Twenty years ago, when a western reiningthen trot, and then canter. "The riders
trainer admitted that he took dressagebarely understand how to circle correctly. In
lessons to improve his horse's reining, hismany cases, you see trainers just focusing on
fellow cowboys thought he had lost his mind.jumping. Flatwork just becomes a term meaning
Some 20 years later finds several hunt seatgetting the horse warmed up enough to jump,"
instructors actively using aspects ofshe said. "When I go to some of the large
dressage in their training. Christy, a huntlocal hunt shows, I'm amazed that riders
seat equitation instructor, commented that ifaren't balancing their horses, or even riding
you look at the old hunt seat equitationthem correctly through a turn." She described
videos and photos of students instructed bywatching strung out ponies in a hunter class.
George Morris and others, the horses are in a"They got over their courses by the grace of
training level dressage frame. Celine, a huntGod." "I was aghast by the strung out,
seat/balanced seat instructor, noted thatunbalanced approaches to jumps and the
dressage is the basis of all riding.rushing and diving over each fence," she
"Classical dressage has its roots in cavalrysaid. She finds that dressage helps her
riding in war; whereas hunt seat has itsriders gain a balanced and rhythmic approach
origins in long cross country rides acrossto fences. She described one hunt seat
fields on a hunt. Hunt seat was adapted forstudent she had recently met who had no
the show ring," she said. She noted thatconcept of getting the horse to work back to
combining the elements of hunt seat andfront or flexion though she had her own horse
dressage brings balanced seat. Christy usesand was taking lessons with her instructor
the rider-based training that she receivedfor five years. "When she sat in on other
from her dressage instructor for her huntlessons her friends were having with other
seat students. "At their first lesson, I putinstructors, she felt she was missing out on
them right on the longe line and take awaya world of education with her horse. She said
stirrups and reins immediately," sheher lessons just revolved around her
described. "I spend a lot of time helpinginstructor who called out 'heals down,'
them build independent hand, seat and leg in'shoulders back,' 'posting trot,' etc."
exercises on the longe line before I haveCeline uses dressage to focus on the points
them ride on the rail." Christy has foundof the ring by keeping the horse correctly
that by doing so, the riders have feel andbetween and in front of the rider's leg. "How
balance more quickly. "Beginner issues likedo you get your horse from point A to point
steering just seem to fall right into placeB, not A to D?" she explained. "When you
even though they've spent their first severalfocus on riding every stride, as in dressage,
lessons on the longe line." Celine also likesyour hunter or equitation horse will always
to apply dressage concepts early on in huntknow what you want," she explained. "You can
seat education. "I start right away withcircle, go straight, change gait, jump and
rhythm and balance, teaching the student howmake it look so easy, balanced and fluid.
to sit with balance. Then I address how theRiding hunt seat this way gives the horse the
horse moves and how to find the horse'scorrect muscle development, impulsion and
natural rhythm. When you apply the conceptswork  ethic."
of dressage early on, students have greater
'feel' for their horses." She noted that in.99 cent equine classifieds with instant 12
everyday hunt seat, she sees horses justsite distribution.
going around the ring in the gaits, walk,



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