I took Catalina to the Debbie McDonald clinic at the end of July. I was so impressed with Debbie but was reminded that everyone at the “top” is saying the same thing but in different ways. Debbie focused on “connection” and also that the horses except the right rein better. Many horses do not except the right rein due to the natural crookedness of the horse as well as the tendency for the rider to pull on the left rein more because they can. In other words horses in general are born wanting to put their heads more to the left making it easier for the rider to work the left side than the right.
In light of this there were three main things I got from Debbie “connection” Right rein and that the horses kept a long neck. She wanted everyone’s horses “Up and out” reaching for the bit in a balanced way. She wasn’t impressed by the frame of the horse but looked for the pitfalls of the connection in each horse.
She was very simple and steady with my 4 year old and we both had a great experience.
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