My mum and dad are on a road trip through France. They arrived here 9 days ago and it's been great to see them. They went on their way this morning and, as usual, I feel sad and a little bit lost. They have another week and will be slowly making their way home. I hope the weather picks up a little for them. The forecast is good.
After they left, I gave Remy his exercises before a short lungeing session on our set aside area at the bottom of the garden.
I was really pleased with him, and he felt light and forward on the line. The trot looked and felt (on the line) easier, and there was a definite spring in his step. He really wanted to get to the grass, so was stretching down very well (sometimes a little bit too much), but managing to keep his shoulders up.
I'm investigating bitless options for the moment. I've ridden him on the training cavesson, but I think I'll just attach the reins to his noseband, it's well padded so shouldn't be a problem.I've also been offered the loan of a Dr Cooks , so will give that a try, although I'm not sure how we will get on with the head-hug effect.
My Life, My Horses and My Attempts to Train the Classical Way
Showing posts with label Bitless. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bitless. Show all posts
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Bitted - Bitless?
With nothing to do but sit on my **se and be grumpy, i've been mulling over Trudis' recent threads on bitless.
I've no doubt many people ride their horses this way with varying degrees of success, but having done many searches for videos of collected riding bitless, I've come up with very few examples.
This guy crops up quite a lot,I don't know anything about him, but he seems to be quite controversial.
I know Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling rides some of his horses in collection, bitless, but I don't know if they were trained bitless as it seems he feels the need to also ride with a bit.
It's a very thought provoking subject and I will be following Trudis' findings with interest. With a youngster ready to start I feel that I owe it to him to go there and investigate, but I have to admit that I'm pretty scared to do that as it may turn my thoughts on bitting completely upside down!!
I've no doubt many people ride their horses this way with varying degrees of success, but having done many searches for videos of collected riding bitless, I've come up with very few examples.
This guy crops up quite a lot,I don't know anything about him, but he seems to be quite controversial.
I know Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling rides some of his horses in collection, bitless, but I don't know if they were trained bitless as it seems he feels the need to also ride with a bit.
It's a very thought provoking subject and I will be following Trudis' findings with interest. With a youngster ready to start I feel that I owe it to him to go there and investigate, but I have to admit that I'm pretty scared to do that as it may turn my thoughts on bitting completely upside down!!
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