Now - Learn The Skills And Importance Of Groundwork With Your Horse From A Master Trainer
Using the Double Lunge and the Long Reins

The importance of groundwork with your horse cannot be exaggerated. In this program you'll learn the basics of using the double lunge and long reins and your tutor is Master Trainer, Tatjana Fruh, principle instructor at The Baroque Riding Centre, Heimsheim in Germany and a long time guest presenter at such prestigious events as Equitania.
The dvd introduces the "stars' of the program, the horses, all of different breed, ages and skills so that a real cross section of horses are involved. It's clear from the start that Tatjana has a very close and understanding relationship with all her horses.

This DVD is particularly watchable, showing horses at different stages of training. Work on the double lunge and with long reins is suitable for use with any horse and for any style of riding, irrespective of the age or breed of the horse, it is also relatively easy to learn.

Tatjana then describes in detail the equipment required, its use and how it fits.
Then we see the double lunge:

• Its suitability for all horses

• Tacking up...and how to do it.

• Positioning and use of the reins and whip.

• Moving left to right and back.

• Giving the commands through the hands and reins.

• Common faults shown and corrected

• The principles

• Warming up and starting out

• Techniques in using the reins

• Halting

• Moving backwards

• Trotting

• Lateral Movements and how to achieve them

• The shoulder-in/counter shoulder-in

• Do and don'ts of the technique.

• Trotting - shoulder-in/counter shoulder-in

• The half-pass, walking and trotting