hey you guys amelia here thank you so much for watching today's video is another video
on the snowman but today's video we have some drone footage so you're going to be able to see
the snowman from above which i know is going to be super helpful give this channel a thumbs up
and be sure to subscribe so you get notified when i post a new video every wednesday be sure to give
the snowman a try because it's seriously one of my favorite exercises one of the best exercises and i
want you to try it out in the snowman you're going to do a small circle and trot and a big circle in
canter so here i'm doing a small trot circle and you can see from above how it looks like a snowman
because there's a big a big bottom circle and a small top circle which looks like a snowman
so again trot and turning to the right
there boy so small circle and trot move him off the left leg big circle encounter
i really want to have nice round circles
and make sure that i'm perpendicular to the center line so like right here
i've got to be perpendicular to the center line so i can get a nice clean change of bend
good boy
so that's the snowman exercise hopefully you can see what the pattern looks like from above
boy mercurial snowman is like one of my favorite exercises it works on trot canner transitions it
works on suppleness it really works on riders and horses of all levels so it's like one of my
all-time favorite exercises let me know in the comments if it's one of your all-time favorite
exercises because i think like in my audience and in my facebook group this is definitely one of the
most popular exercises it was really cool to film this exercise with the drone and to actually see
like the changes that bend in the horse's body and to see how the figure looks from above
so i'm going to start here 10 meter circle to the right in the trot and then when i get back
to the center line push them off my left leg can or to the left so this exercise
is really good if you're having trouble with your canner transition it like fixes so many things
and it really works on suppleness and getting your horse focused and relaxed so you see how
i went trot and then immediately into a small circle in the trot and big circle and canner
and the beauty of this exercise is even if it's kind of messy just keep repeating it
until your horse starts figuring out what's coming next and over time your horse will get
better and better good boy so you see how he's kind of already figuring out the pattern and
he knows that when we go back to the left that he's going to pick up the leftly can or so trot
and bending and i'm really thinking about getting him to bend to the right and wrap around my right
leg and move him off my left leg and counter left good boy and giving on the inside reign
good
so let me change direction now now i'm going to be doing a big circle encantor to the right
and a small circle and trot to the left so you always want to do everything in
your training in both directions so i'm doing a small trot circle left
move him off my inside leg and counter good boy
this is an exercise that i learned in the clinic with conrad schumacher and my horse was
very tense and distracted and the snowman really helped get him focused and supple
and you notice that downward can or trot transition wasn't the greatest
it was a little lurchy so i'm just going to focus on my pattern focus on the exercise
and that was better bending bending oops he didn't really bend very well there
bending right and can right good boy
this exercise is great to help get them a little more balanced in the counter and a little more
thinking good boy about the transitions good boy and you can see from above how it looks like a
snowman because there's a big a big bottom circle and a small top circle which looks like a snowman
and then if he your horse starts anticipating like he's kind of anticipating the trot i'm
just going to make him keep cantering this time around the boy so you don't want your horse to
anticipate too much you always want to make sure that they are staying correctly on the aids
oh boy
okay thank you so much for watching this video on the snowman i really hope that you found it
helpful again i'll link below a few other videos on the snowman where i go a little bit more into
the details of exactly how to ride it but i hope that this was helpful for you to see it from above
and give it a try because i know it's going to help you and your horse with your trot
with your canner with your suppleness with your focus with your bend like it's
just the magical dressage exercise also be sure to check out my free rider assessment
to learn your strengths and weaknesses as a writer that's it for today thanks guys
bye