Engage Your Horse's Hind End
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If you've ever felt true engagement on a horse, it is an incredible feeling. They get lighter in the reins, the withers lift, the haunches lower, they're easier to turn, ride transitions, and the feeling of floating above the ground is amazing. But teaching your horse to engage takes time, and to be honest, it’s something we’re always working on as we move up the levels.
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Okay, now back to the tips! When our horses engage their hind end properly, they will rotate at their SI joint slightly, all the joints in the hind end flex, and in turn, more of their weight is shifted to the hind legs. Engagement is so important not only because it makes maneuvering our horses easier, but because it helps our horses to carry themselves and our weight more easily. So how can we work on getting our horses to engage their hind end? Here are my top three tips to help you:
· Rider Position - My number one tip to help you get your horse’s hind end engaged is to focus on your rider position. Believe it or not, if you are leaning forward or looking down, it puts more weight on your horse’s forehand and makes it a lot harder for them to balance and nearly impossible for them to shift the weight back to the hind end. Focus on looking up, sitting back, and engaging your core - this will make it so much easier for your horse to engage their hind end and take more weight behind.
· Walk-Trot Transitions - A great exercise to help you get your horse’s hind end engaged is to practice walk-trot transitions on a circle. Using the circle line will help you get your horse connected inside leg to outside rein and get their inside hind leg engaged. As you’re riding these transitions, focus on using your half-halts and a little shoulder-fore to help your horse engage and make smooth transitions. Your goal is to be able to make nice smooth transitions without your horse’s frame changing. When your frame stays consistent, you know your horse is engaging their hind end and not using their neck to balance! Make sure to practice these transitions in both directions.
· The Rein Back - This exercise is a little more difficult, but it’s great for getting the hind end engaged. If you’ve never tried the rein back with your horse before, or if you find the rein back difficult, try getting off and practicing it with your horse from the ground first. It’s a lot easier to teach your horse the aids this way. When you’re riding the rein back, first, get a nice halt, and then think of slightly closing your knees/thighs. Imagine that you have wheels turning backward in your hips. Once your horse backs up, release your aids, and ask them to walk forward.
Watch the video where I demonstrate all this and explain more about the importance of engagement. I hope these tips help you with your horse!
Happy Riding!
Amelia
00:00 Introduction
00:58 What is Engagement?
01:57 Rider Position for Engagement
03:16 Walk-Trot Transitions for Engagement
06:37 Rein-Back for Engagement
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Great tips. Thanks Amelia 🤩
Whoever sees this comment, HI! HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE WEEK!
Right back at ya. 😉🫵
Thanks for posting this video! I learned a lot from it! ❤
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge so clearly.❤
Thank you Amelia. Very clear and helpful. You make me a better rider and a better trainer.
Thank you for being here! Hope to see you at the webinar this weekend; amelianewcombdressage.com/free-pirouette-webinar/
Thank you for doing these also love your jacket lines makes it so easy to see your position!
Glad you like them!
Perfect! I am new at all this but for sure this already is helping me spot things I am doing incorrectly 😊
You got this!
In this video you are sitting the trot. Amelia, I find when I am posting the trot I come forward which I am assuming is driving my horse on to his forehand. Can you address this too?
Yes great question! You are probably correct!
THESE TIPS ARE SO HELPFULLL!!! 🤩💗
Thank you for being here! Hope to see you at the webinar this weekend; amelianewcombdressage.com/free-pirouette-webinar/
Keren. Saya baru saja masuk sekolah berkuda baru 5x pertemuan dan belum bisa menyeimbangkan badan ini. Masih sering mau jatuh. Terima kasih telah berbagi metodenya
Beautiful horse and rider. I’m curious if one can still get the same frame and ride without a bridle/flash band and no spurs?
Hey there! Check out this video: czcams.com/video/WjuP6Var-dM/video.html
I always this sink down to transition down
Love the video thank you!
do you have any tips for starting out medium trot with a horse that just canters. i try making him very engaged throughout beforehand but he just canters really collected then. 😂😅
Also would Absolutely LOVE a video on how to stop a horse getting heavy when collecting and not coming soft. My horse is round and collecting fine he just is constantly heavy and pulling during the process, it is killing me!
any tips appreciated!
thank you
Great questions! It sounds like your horse just needs to develop the strength/suppleness to do the medium trot. It's definitely a process! This video will help: amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/how-to-ride-the-medium-trot-lengthening-trot/
And I hope you can make it to my Free Webinar on Pirouettes this weekend! I will be talking a lot about engagement and adjusting the canter! amelianewcombdressage.com/free-pirouette-webinar/
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Okay thank you very much. And yes i hope to be there for the webinar, i have saved a seat so hope to see you there!
When you come back to walk from trot, what are you doing with your seat/body? Is it the same when rising?
Great question! You want to first tighten your abs and upper thigh to half-halt, then use your outside rein if needed. It is the same posting or sitting trot. This video will help: amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/how-to-half-halt-from-your-thighs-and-seat/
Hi Amelia. I am curious. What saddle are you riding? Thank you for your reply.
Custom Saddlery!
You mentioned “foraging” and feet clunking together. I mistakenly thought that the clicking feet was the horse starting to track up-oops! What do you mean by foraging-first time I have heard this in relation to riding! Thank you
Foraging is when you hear the hind shoes hitting the front shoes. This is not tracking up. When the horse tracks up the front legs have already left the spot on the ground where the hind leg lands.
I have horse ,walk trot canter but when I ask for more trot it just canters ,any tips
Check this video out! amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/what-makes-a-good-walk-trot-transition/
Hi Amelia, I’m still struggling with using my abs, are you using your abs most of the time throughout your riding session?
Hey there! This video will help explain: czcams.com/video/E2nylsCxCSI/video.html