tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post4368079355554728905..comments2023-08-27T06:04:21.991-05:00Comments on Eventing Saddlebred Style: April Video LessonsEventingSaddlebredStylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-34932196436738348322016-05-27T14:48:55.813-05:002016-05-27T14:48:55.813-05:00Cool, that's really helpful to know, thanks fo...Cool, that's really helpful to know, thanks for the feeback :-)AutonomousDressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326654414307652910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-40710085329875636202016-05-27T12:29:21.628-05:002016-05-27T12:29:21.628-05:00I would be shocked if anyone watched the full vide...I would be shocked if anyone watched the full video. Typically I make some GIFs for forced viewing but I got lazy. And thank you. He has improved my riding in many ways.<br /><br />As far as the video lessons go, they have worked wonders for me but I also supplement them with regular lessons too and if I had local access to a trainer of D's caliber I probably wouldn't be doing them, because nothing can replace the in the moment corrections.<br /><br />I rode with D for over 1.5 years twice a week and she was basically my introduction to dressage. She also picked Stinker out and rode him for 2.5 months to get him started. So she knows both of us extremely well. I don't know if the lessons would be as helpful if she didn't know us so well.<br /><br />Obviously, I don't get in the moment corrections and that slows things down but it also makes me more independent. I have to figure things out and get general well you should have done X but when you did Y it was good. The remembering everything and applying it is difficult when you don't have someone saying breathe, relax your elbows, make him give and what not. I have learned a ton just from watching my videos and I now can pick up quite a few of my own mistakes. It also helps because I see exactly what we look like. At first there was a huge disconnect between what I was feeling and what I was seeing.<br /><br />Bottom line is I obviously think it is worth it for me because I keep doing them. My advice would be to try some and see if you get anything out of them (I would give it several tries because it took me awhile to figure out how to process everything and apply it when I was riding).<br /><br />If you have any more questions email me at eventing.saddlebred.style (at) gmailEventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-8170442491121540432016-05-27T12:05:59.820-05:002016-05-27T12:05:59.820-05:00Full disclosure, I only watched small snippets of ...Full disclosure, I only watched small snippets of the videos. I just wanted to say though that I'm really impressed with how quiet of a rider you look to be. I know from experience how hard riding an amped up horse can be and I love how you just quietly sit there during his antics and don't make things escalate (like when he was prancing instead of halting) :-)<br /><br />How do you find video lessons compared to regular lessons? I have an instructor a few hours away that I could do video lessons with but I'm wondering how helpful it might be. AutonomousDressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326654414307652910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-11591278725537217642016-05-27T10:39:14.982-05:002016-05-27T10:39:14.982-05:00I'm attributing the walk to the saddle. D was ...I'm attributing the walk to the saddle. D was watching a video the other day and was saying that his walk is really developing and she thought it was going to always be a bit of a struggle. EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-15292222162195114102016-05-27T10:37:36.906-05:002016-05-27T10:37:36.906-05:00Thanks! I love pole work. And I just realized that...Thanks! I love pole work. And I just realized that makes me sound like a stripper...EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-35874259125148689892016-05-27T10:29:23.388-05:002016-05-27T10:29:23.388-05:00i know what you mean about hindsight being 20/20 a...i know what you mean about hindsight being 20/20 and wishing you had put the draw reins on after the fact. i felt exactly that way about my running martingale recently too. ugh. all said tho, i know it's frustrating but i kinda love seeing him flat walking so much and so consistently! emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-12386948538858670872016-05-27T07:36:23.302-05:002016-05-27T07:36:23.302-05:00Walk poles are great! It makes them have to think ...Walk poles are great! It makes them have to think more about their feet and is a great way to get them alert and ready to work! <br /><br />P.S. I think you two are looking good! kaitlyndznhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11334903273598072322noreply@blogger.com