How to Teach your Horse to Piaffe
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Piaffe is the pinnacle of dressage! This video takes you through the breakdown of how to teach it over time!
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Groundwork Advert
01:03 Introduction
01:49 Biggest mistakes
03:58 Demonstration of The Steps
04:10 1. The Leg Lift
05:08 2. The Half Steps from the ground
05:50 3. Get help from the ground
07:28 Harvey doing the Piaffe and Passage
The piaffe is the pinnacle of Dressage. It is an incredibly difficult movement to train and execute and, believe it or not, at the Grand Prix, the piaffe and passage counts for nearly 1/3 of your score!
In this week's video, I am going to break down the exact steps that you need to take to teach your horse to piaffe. And guess what?? Groundwork is the key to introducing Piaffe!
Believe it or not, I introduce the piaffe from the ground with every single horse that I ride and train. Groundwork is an extremely important skill - especially when you are introducing a new and difficult concept like the piaffe.
Why is the piaffe such a difficult movement?
The piaffe requires a huge amount of strength and coordination from your horse. In order to execute a correct piaffe the horse engage the hind end, stay on the spot and have impulsion. When you think about it, horses are prey animals and they use their energy to run and get away from scary things that might eat them! So to exert a huge amount of energy in the piaffe and not move anywhere seems counter intuitive.
How do you train the piaffe?
When training the Piaffe, the mistake that a lot of people make is they start whipping and pulling on their horse and put way too much pressure on without breaking things down and teaching their horse in a way that the horse can understand.
Here are the steps that you want to use to introduce the Piaffe:
Leg lifting - start on the ground and teach your horse that when you touch them with the stick, you can get them to lift and hold up their leg
Walk halts walk transitions with contact on the ground - teach your horse to accept the contact and do walk-halt walk transitions on the ground
Get 1-2 baby trot steps from your horse on the ground. You can also practice rein back into the piaffe. That is another good exercise.
Under saddle - at first get someone to help you from behind
Piaffe like a boss - remember that it takes many, many years to confirm the piaffe on a horse. Stay consistent and patient in your training
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I love the "GATHERING HANDS". and "FRIENDLY HANDS". So good!!
It worked! I tried it with my jumping horse for curiosity to see if it would work and now he can do piaffe 😂it’s so fun I know he is a jumping horse and I don’t do dressage but it’s nice to brag around the barn about it lol
Yay! So gla to hear!
You have the ability to make everything look so effortless, Amelia. And i love to watch your confident, clear, yet completely relaxed handling. What a lovely feeling to be able draw these complex movements out of yr equine partner with such finesse. Aren't they so trusting & willing? Lovely support & encouragement from yr husband (?) on the ground too! Just beautiful! Thankyou for sharing 🐎🥰🙏
We've been doing leg lifts since you showed them in strides last year. He's come a long way! He doesn't like to lift the leg away from me, but he'll get there in time. We can take baby steps forward with a lift so in time. Thank you for this great video!
Yay! Thank you! Keep working on it!!
What a great video! Really shows how it is a process not to be rushed
Yay! I love this video too! Glad you like it!
I'm gonna try this thank you so much for all of your help❤
You’re welcome 😊
This was very helpful 😊 thank you!! I just wish it didn’t take so long 😂 5 years and lots of consistency 😊
Great video! I have an Ottb that is still learning and she has a very stiff canter. I have been trying to get her to raise her legs more to get a more of a “fancy” canter but I have no improvement. Do you have any tips?
I have a whole free PDF on improving the canter! Check it out: amelianewcombdressage.com/canter-with-confidence-o/
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Help! Trying to get my horse to start to lift his back legs. Using the whip lower on his leg doesn't work. I tried assisting by showing him by lifting with my hand (as if to pick hoof) and rewarding that. We got a little further however he bucked out a few times. Today I was able to get him to raise his legs by touching higher up on his leg/haunch. well I thought we were advancing. However!? Got in the saddle today and he started kicking out with his back legs (almost a buck). I didn't ask for it. Didn't reward or punish. Just pushed him forward into trot. Am I creating a bucking horse?! Hope not as he's always been such a nice ride.
Starting the leg-lifting training with the whip can be difficult since the whip has a bit more bite/sting to it. I like to start with a bamboo stick or carbon rod. You can also start in the cross ties with just your hand, run it down from the rump down the leg like you were picking it up, but instead gently tap before he picks it up, then he learns to lift from the tap. Just make sure you're in the correct position so he doesn't kick you if he gets confused. I have a whole section on the piaffe in the groundwork masterclass and you can ask me questions at any time there! amelianewcombdressage.com/groundwork-masterclass/