Light trots
Trot ( English rising trot) referred Riding a particular seat in trot . When lightly trotting, a trot step is caught in the stirrup with a springy heel, while the buttocks are slightly removed from the saddle. At the next trot you sit down again.
Goal setting
First and foremost, the light trotting serves to relieve the horse's back, which enables even the inexperienced rider to follow the horse's movements without disturbance. This is supposed to "make it easier for the back muscles to tighten and relax", and the result is a swaying back, which lets the driving aids pass from the hindquarters to the front and the rein aids from front to back .
The horse should langmachen consequently and zoom stretch the soft hand on the reins, so the following search; Finally, there is forward-downward stretching, and that is, slackness . One also says: "The horse gives its back."
execution
The trot is a two-bar gait; when trotting lightly there is a change from sitting to standing up every half a cycle. You always sit on the outward-facing diagonal of the horse's legs, with the inner hind leg taking up most of the load and being able to swing freely through the inward-facing diagonal. When the latter comes up and the inner hind leg swings forward with the outer forefoot, the rider is lifted. The beginner, who, by the way, should very consciously count (one-two-one-two), simply pays attention to when he sees the outer shoulder moving forward - then he has to be ready to swing out of the saddle synchronously. That should always be on the two. However, “active standing up, in which the rider moves his buttocks far away from the saddle, would be faulty”. It is more like going along with the movement of the horse.
When sitting in a supple position, weight and leg aids are slightly reinforced. It is helpful to have an "upper body tilted slightly forward", because it prevents a stiff slump in the saddle. When changing hands , the rider remains seated half a bar longer and then counts again as before (one-two-one-one-two-one-two).
application
In the solution phase and later in the recovery phase, the so-called workout , you should always trot lightly. This also applies to riding before dressage or jumping competitions. At the end of the solution phase, it is eaten out when the horse can already gather something .
Even within the work phase of a training lesson, the light trot serves to relax between exercises and can precede the step on the long or surrendered reins . Trots are generally easy in the terrain; Care should be taken to change hands often enough so that one-sided loads are excluded.
The light trot is part of the dressage tasks of the lower classes. Show jumpers are preferably lightly trotted before the course when breaking in and after the course when riding out. Young horses are generally not eaten out while trotting.
literature
- German Equestrian Association (ed.): Guidelines for riding and driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse, Warendorf 26 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X .
- Jennie Loriston-Clarke: The Complete Guide to Dressage. How to Achieve Perfect Harmony between You and Your Horse. Principal Movements in Step-by-step Sequences Demonstrated by a World Medallist, London 1987, ISBN 0-09-174430-X (English).
- Waldemar Seunig: From the paddock to the caper. The training of the riding horse, 2nd reprint of the edition Berlin 1943, Hildesheim etc. 2001 (Documenta Hippologica), ISBN 3-487-08348-5 .