.:: Piaffe Passage Training ::.

Belleza, an 11yr old P.R.E. (Andalusian) mare, is just beginning her piaffe and passage training. Shown here with former head trainer for the American owned Lipizzan Satllions, Matt McLaughlin. At the time of this video he had worked with her 8-10 times on these movements. Naturally she is slightly tense and not very rhythmical...yet. I will follow up in a few weeks time with an update.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• dressage
• piaffe
• passage
• dressur
• andalusian
• PRE
• spanish
• horse
• matt
• mclaughlin
• camelot

[CHICKPEA20]

How do you get the horse to stop doing the piaffe again? do you just ask for extension?

[camelotandalusians]

Stop your cues and aids for piaffe and ask for "and whoa" - or however you ask. I add the "and" to signify a downward transition. You can ask for an extension when you get stuck, or you stop having suspension, and to make the horse think "forward" again. Disclaimer - this advice is coming from me, Deirdre, not from the professional, Matt McLaughlin, in the video. But this is my understanding of it and how I work on piaffe with my horses.

[iagobuppcnkid]

So then for the Passage, did you just ask for more forward movement while asking her to Piaffe? Or how did you do that?

[camelotandalusians]

Yes, in the simplest of terms. Allow more forward motion, keep the suspension, slightly different aids.

[battlingtheodds]

the use of the whip, the fact that the horse has its mouth open, and it's ears back literally the entire time whilst mounted says it all -.-

[camelotandalusians]

The whip touches her maybe 4 times during the entire thing - difficult to tell from a 2 dimensional point of view, but I can assure you that's how it was.

[westernreiten1]

euch menschen gefällt so etwas. es sieht elegant aus doch macht es den pferden spass?? *denkt mal nach *....

[camelotandalusians]

In Dressage we like the frothy drool. :)

[SanneChannel]

Stop commenting about the whip..

The horse isn't in pain...

[Hunteress90]

@battlingtheodds Ears back and erect mean she's alert to what her trainer is doing. If the ears were DOWN, she'd be angry and her movements would be more dramatic.

[Evalani22]

@battlingtheodds - remember that the horses ears point to what they are paying attention to.. say.. the trainer here.Not all ears back are actually pinned.. and of course there will be a subtle amount of crankiness whenever you are teaching difficult maneuvers to any horse. this horse & trainer are doing a great job.. the equipment is always only as harsh as the hands it is in. Good job w/the piaffe training! Just my $0.02.. lol

[CHICKPEA20]

Ah excellent. Makes a lot of sense. Thanks a mill, I really appreciate the advice! Wish you all the luck in the future! :)

[bekag123]

@cowgirl4lyfe999 Frothy drool is good! :) Means the horse is accepting contact and is mouthing the bit :)

[15moonlight]

how do you do Piaffe