Rider Critique!!! I know you all love to critique so click here and comment! lol?

Question

Trying out a horse to lease.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=l_-dKAYRqPY

Answer 1

cute horse...is he by Absolut'?  I love Absolut' babies!

Answer 2

Assuming that you will be continuing to work on improvements while leasing the horse, I think you and the horse can do it together.  The horse showed some irritation especially when cantering to the right, and needs more work on developing collection, but you can work on those things together.  Some might say you need a more completely trained horse, but I don't believe that is necessarily true.  Will you be working with an instructor/trainer when you ride the horse?  How many "perfect" horses are available for you to lease?

Answer 3

lol whoops you know why it wasnt your film that came up!!! I am so sorry!! lol now I feel like a Dee. good job!  I have nothing except to say your horse is beautiful!

Answer 4

hey idiot-U WERE CANTERING

U WANNA C REAL EQUINE STUFF GO 2 UTUBE AND SEARCH vaulting visions

im doing the split

Answer 5

The only things I saw was that you seemed to want to hunch your back a bit, I'd say try to place your elbows a bit more towards your side and pull your shoulders back a bit more. You look like you want to be rolling forward, also from watching the horse move I think you need to put more inside leg on the horse to get him to bend around the turns, not just stay stiff in his body. I AM mostly a dressage rider, though, but hunter jumpers should all have a bit of dressage work, it helps rate them, etc, etc. He looks like a nice horse, not real fresh to me. If I got to ride jumpers like that I'd be happy, the only ones I have around here are ones that haven't been ridden in a year and I have the joy of training them.

But, I'd also work on keeping your heels down even more. Push even more into your stirrups and continue to try to enlongate your leg (i realize you're in a jumping saddle, but I did see your heels lift once in the walk, i'm not sure if you were stretching and moving your legs - but if you were trying to cue with a leg push, make sure it's with the flat of your leg, not your heel ^_^). Keep your head up and forward (i thought you did a pretty good job of this) and you seem a bit too forward at the canter, I think your shoulders could do to come back a little bit more, but then again it IS a jumping frame, which is more enlongated.

Other than the fact I think you need to try to push down into your stirrups more, use more cues for trying to make his ribcage flexible (this is the biggest one) and push your shoulders back a bit more, you're doing pretty good.

Answer 6

first of all your horse is beautiful. the only thing i would ssay is that on your trot and canter you need quiet hands. this will keep him from jerking his head. also on the walk, trot, and canter sit up straighter with ypur elbows back or behind your sides. everything elese seems great. keep up the good work=]

Answer 7

What I see is about the level of an intermediate beginner. If you've been riding a long time and have a trainer, you need to have a serious discussion with your trainer to correct some very bad habits. The sooner the better or you will never advance properly and reach your potential.



Quick Observations:

1. Choppy and stiff

2. Incorrect posting - posting is not a rapid succession of up-down, up-down, up-down (popping out of the saddle); it is a movement that originates from a rolling of the upper thigh with the pelvis and hips coming slightly forward in an independent and controlled manner that sets the pace for the horse not vice versa.

3. Toes are sticking out - lower leg doesn't move much, so no floping, good. But lower leg isn't in synch with the horse.

4. Hands - poor form, loose rein, stiff elbows and wrists, no appropriate contact, jerking and balancing on the horse's mouth

5. Posture - roll back and open up shoulders and chest, sit back in the saddle and ride that movement, don't perch.

6. Impeding forward movement in an inexperienced horse is not good; you want to encourage impulsion and drive them upward off the forehand; collection is not something you'll be able to achieve at this point in your riding so sticking with an experienced horse is an excellent idea

7. The horse never galloped - she rushed her canter; again, inexperienced horse needs a rider who can teach her.

I'm not trying to be mean or nasty. If you take this objectively and work these areas, you will see and feel a remarkable difference in your riding. Never give up.

Answer 8

your hands are not correct. Your thumbs need to be on top. You also need to relac your body alot more at the canter. You are very ridged and your body isn't following the horse, you are pumping with your seat. Your legs are also loose at the trot. I would really reccomend no stirrup work to strengthen your muscles.

As for the horse she is very green and if you are still learning i would reccomend a more seasoned horse. All horses will have their days. They are horses. I work with Grand Prix jumpers horses and they still buck and rear and don't always listen to the riders aids or cues. A horse is going to be a horse no matter how much money you pay or who trained it.

Happy riding and good luck finding a horse.