18/09/2023
My riding students will recognize this explanation. Advancing from this, shutting down forward motion then creates the sidepass….
To help move your horse sideways in leg-yield, imagine you are an ice skater …
You push off with one leg toward your other foot, stepping and putting your weight to the side, like an inside foot to an ice skater. Also, you cannot collapse at the waist, or you would fall.
Ruth Hogan-Poulsen has earned her USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medals as well as her Freestyle Gold Bar. All of these awards are with top Honors of Distinction. Her students have won top honors in the USDF Year-End, Horse of the Year and All Breed awards. She has been designing competitive musical freestyles for decades, which have been performed in all levels all over the world. She splits her time between Vermont and Florida.
🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz