What you will learn

What you will learn:

  • How the horse’s musculoskeletal system works in motion. When you learn what is really happening, it makes everything easier. I have taught this to learners of all ages with success.
  • How to feel what is happening with the horse’s back: transverse rotations, bending, lift of the trunk and flexion versus extension of the back, verticalization of dorsal processes, overloading of the forehand, and more. I will give you an explanation of what you feel and tune you in to feel what you don't yet percieve. 
  • How to properly coordinate the exercises that will help your horse. Improperly coordinated movements are not helpful and can be harmful. If you are here, chances are your horse can’t afford harmful movements. In fact no horse really can, it’s what breaks them down prematurely.
  • How to identify abnormal kinematics that lead to pathology.

What your horse will learn:

  • How to coordinate the back, under rider weight, for healthy limb kinematics.
  • How to store and re-use elastic energy to create efficiency and ease.
  • To trust you as a partner - it's a natural consequence of comfort and ease.
  • Athleticism that has been blocked by inefficient use of the body.

 

 

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This video is to introduce the lunging technique we use. It is not intended to be used without our guidance. It is important that we see how the horse is responding to this because like any technique or gymnastic, if the horse's coordination is not right, it can do more harm than good. The set-up is DeCarpentry's. It is useful in rehabilitation when we need to encourage the horse to explore healthy body coordination. Side-reins are fixed in length throughout a session. In the DeCarpentry configuration the lunge line is run through bit rings and a ring on the saddle allowing for length adjustment by the horse. The horse can not lean on the bit and is therefore able to discover self-carriage at the same time the trainer has some ability to suggest a boundary for head and neck carriage. The back coordination ultimately determines the neck position. The lunge line suggest the result.