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Applying Dressage To Hunt Seat: Two Instructors Find Value

Twenty years ago, when a western reiningthe ring in the gaits, walk, then trot,
trainer admitted that he took dressageand then canter. "The riders barely
lessons to improve his horse's reining,understand how to circle correctly. In
his fellow cowboys thought he had lostmany cases, you see trainers just
his mind. Some 20 years later findsfocusing on jumping. Flatwork just
several hunt seat instructors activelybecomes a term meaning getting the horse
using aspects of dressage in theirwarmed up enough to jump," she said.
training. Christy, a hunt seat"When I go to some of the large local
equitation instructor, commented that ifhunt shows, I'm amazed that riders
you look at the old hunt seat equitationaren't balancing their horses, or even
videos and photos of students instructedriding them correctly through a turn."
by George Morris and others, the horsesShe described watching strung out ponies
are in a training level dressage frame.in a hunter class. "They got over their
Celine, a hunt seat/balanced seatcourses by the grace of God." "I was
instructor, noted that dressage is theaghast by the strung out, unbalanced
basis of all riding. "Classical dressageapproaches to jumps and the rushing and
has its roots in cavalry riding in war;diving over each fence," she said. She
whereas hunt seat has its origins infinds that dressage helps her riders
long cross country rides across fieldsgain a balanced and rhythmic approach to
on a hunt. Hunt seat was adapted for thefences. She described one hunt seat
show ring," she said. She noted thatstudent she had recently met who had no
combining the elements of hunt seat andconcept of getting the horse to work
dressage brings balanced seat. Christyback to front or flexion though she had
uses the rider-based training that sheher own horse and was taking lessons
received from her dressage instructorwith her instructor for five years.
for her hunt seat students. "At their"When she sat in on other lessons her
first lesson, I put them right on thefriends were having with other
longe line and take away stirrups andinstructors, she felt she was missing
reins immediately," she described. "Iout on a world of education with her
spend a lot of time helping them buildhorse. She said her lessons just
independent hand, seat and leg inrevolved around her instructor who
exercises on the longe line before Icalled out 'heals down,' 'shoulders
have them ride on the rail." Christy hasback,' 'posting trot,' etc." Celine uses
found that by doing so, the riders havedressage to focus on the points of the
feel and balance more quickly. "Beginnerring by keeping the horse correctly
issues like steering just seem to fallbetween and in front of the rider's leg.
right into place even though they've"How do you get your horse from point A
spent their first several lessons on theto point B, not A to D?" she explained.
longe line." Celine also likes to apply"When you focus on riding every stride,
dressage concepts early on in hunt seatas in dressage, your hunter or
education. "I start right away withequitation horse will always know what
rhythm and balance, teaching the studentyou want," she explained. "You can
how to sit with balance. Then I addresscircle, go straight, change gait, jump
how the horse moves and how to find theand make it look so easy, balanced and
horse's natural rhythm. When you applyfluid. Riding hunt seat this way gives
the concepts of dressage early on,the horse the correct muscle
students have greater 'feel' for theirdevelopment, impulsion and work ethic."
horses." She noted that in everyday hunt.99 cent equine classifieds with instant
seat, she sees horses just going around12 site distribution.



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