07/12/2021
Halvhalt- ”att återbalansera hästen” och hur man gör den bäst i förhållande till hästens fotförflyttning och utbildningsnivå. Aldrig någonsin framåtdrivande och förhållande hjälper exakt samtidigt! Inte lätt att utföra men viktigt att förstå för att hästen inte ska stänga av för förhållningar (”bli stark”) eller döv för framåtdrivande (”seg”, ”skänkeldöv”).
// Training Tip Tuesday - The beginnings of the half-halt //
A half-halt is described as an almost simultaneous use of the seat, rein and leg.
It is used to improve collection and engagement, as well as to rebalance a horse that is lengthening and going on the forehand or becoming crooked. It can also be used as a preparation for transitions and to shorten from a lengthened stride.
The half-halt starts to develop with the close application of go and steady aids. It is sometimes understood to be a simultaneous application of seat, rein and leg, but this places the horse in an impossible conflict. It is better to think of half-halts as consecutive and one step apart at the closest point in a trained horse.
The younger or more inexperienced the horse is, the further apart the go and steady aids should be. Use the seat (slow shorten) at stride 1, reins at stride 2 and leg at stride 3. You will find the time frame reduces to 3 steps very quickly and the horse develops a more correct half-halt.
When more advanced, the half-halt begins from a forward-moving stride, the rider can steady his seat in the swing part of the outside foreleg, closing the reins to shorten or slow in this phase but then using the leg and forward seat during the stance phase. The half-halt now occurs during the two steps of the forelegs, or within one stride. This has the effect of raising and elevating the forehand while creating power to produce a more collected stride that is higher instep, giving the appearance of shorter in length.
This is an excerpt from 'Academic Horse Training' by Andrew & Manuela McLean, p. 181.