Part 1:  We join Debbie McDonald teaching in a lesson that begins with some accurate walk halt transitions.  They establish a good frame and then ride the shoulder in from the inside leg.  Debbie gives a great explanation of the extended walk, and the rider demonstrates how to transition from the extended to the working walk without it becoming too collected.  They do a lovely soft walk canter transition.  Debbie makes sure the rider isn't overusing her inside rein.  

Part 2:  After showing the correct frame, they transition to trot and then walk, followed by the extended walk.  Back in the canter, Debbie asks for outside connection until he becomes softer on the outside rein, and then straight.  She asks for more jump in the hindquarters.  Debbie gives and excellent description of how the tempo doesn't change in the canter when going from collected to a forward canter. As she picks him up in the walk, he shows a good connection.  They show the shoulder in with more energy.     

Part 3:  They do the haunches in on the long side, and Debbie asks for more bend around the inside leg.  When she asks for the 10 meter circle, the horse leans on the inside, and Debbie has them do a leg yield out to push him back up straight. They apply this idea to bending him in the haunches in.  With the camera on the long side, you get a great opportunity to see the bend and the tracks of the haunches in. As they improve at this exercise, the trot improves.  Debbie offers great advice for how to approach learning the sitting trot.

 

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Part 1:  On her second day of the clinic, Colonel Carde begins by observing the warm up where they run through the basic moves up to flying changes. The Colonel then assists them from the ground with piaffe.  This process starts with working on the collected walk.  The rider first does a few steps of the Spanish Walk, and then they work along the long wall.  

Part 3:  In part three they work on the canter pirouette by beginning with a spiral in.  He asks for the outside leg to close to bring in the circle.  They reverse and do the same exercise to the left.  Colonel Carde then asks them to do a walk pirouette, canter two strides, and then go back to the walk pirouette again.    

Part 4:  They now work the walk pirouette to the canter depart, and then continue in the pirouette in the canter.   

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