ABC Approach
7 Clinics | Buck Brannaman • 2m 3s
Betty Staley, a dressage rider, talks about the “Alphabet Approach”, which is basically a training method where the rider spends time breaking down exercises and teaching their horse what to do step by step.
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Hind And Front Exercise
With this exercise, you’ll learn how to transfer the action from the hind feet to the front feet. It should look like a dance with your horse. This exercise will help strengthen your horse's hind and front quarters.
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Outside Turns
Buck teaches a group of riders how to do outside turns. He tells them how to set their horses up to begin and how to finish it successfully.
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Flagging & Backing Exercise
These exercises are great for getting the horse and rider centered. When practiced consistently, it will keep a horse from refusing to jump and from driving the riders head into jumps.
