Preparation | Catherine Haddad | PART 02

Part 2: Catherine works with the rider to improve his shoulder in. She explains that the idea in riding shoulder in is that the outside shoulder becomes much freer, and by positioning the horse the rider allows that shoulder to come forward with a lot more motion. They work on creating elevation and expression using the leg yield. Catherine explains that at the upper levels they often use leg yield in place of half pass, as it's less taxing on the horse but allows many of the same principles to be taught. She encourages the rider to achieve collection my making the loin and hindquarters shorter rather than the neck.