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Fine Contact Dressage Training

Walk Dressage

£10.00

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20 x 40 Arena

Fine Contact Dressage Training is an online video-feedback opportunity for riders who want to develop lightness, balance, partnership and trust with their horse. Choose Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3, ride the appropriate test in a 20 x 40 metre arena and submit your video to receive constructive training and competition feedback by email.

Fine Contact Dressage may be ridden with a bit, a neck ring or a simple side-pull bridle, where permitted by the class requirements. The aim is to encourage a soft, stable and elastic connection while supporting the horse’s balance, comfort and natural way of going.

Please have a look at the available TESTS and download the one you would like to practise for your video.

Level 1: Walk and some trot. Suitable for horses and riders developing the foundations of dressage training.

Level 2: Walk and trot. Suitable for combinations working on rhythm, balance, transitions and a consistent connection.

Level 3: Walk, trot and canter. Suitable for combinations ready to demonstrate balance, control and a more advanced level of training.

After submitting your video, you receive:

  • A completed protocol or score sheet
  • Constructive comments on your performance
  • Training suggestions
  • Competition tips to help avoid unnecessary point deductions
  • Feedback delivered by email
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Description

Fine Contact Competitions have been born from the desire to find the most compassionate ways to care for, work, train and compete with our horses. They will reward correct training, lightness, partnership and trust, and are designed for those who seek the most respectful ways to communicate our requests, and for ridden horses, the most comfortable ways to carry us.
Level 1 = Walk & some trot
Level 2 = Walk & Trot
Level 3 = Walk, Trot & Canter
Fine Contact defines a subtle connection between horse and human. In ridden work it also describes the soft, stable, equal and elastic contact that the horse takes with the hand of the rider, taking account that the horse may be ridden with or without a bit. Such a contact allows the horse to work with a natural length of neck and the nose in front of the vertical. With horses in their early training, re-schooling or rehabilitation, this means that the posture is forward down and out, then as the horse gains balance and strength he very gradually learns to carry more weight on his hind legs by rounding and lifting his back and withers, so in the more advanced dressage competitions, as the horse shows greater collection, the neck is still long and the nose in front of the vertical.

What is online horse riding training?

You choose from one of our available tests (or one of your own after contacting us) and send us a video of you riding this test, and our judges and trainers will provide constructive training and competition feedback by email.

How do I film a training video?

Film yourself and you horse showing the test in a 20 x 40 arena (read more about filming).

How do I submit a video?

Send us your video via our Submissions page or get in touch to send it via our WhatsApp community.

What do I receive?

You receive written feedback and a protocol by email after submitting your video.

How much time do I have to send a video?

This will be entirely up to you. Once we receive a training video, our judges and trainers need a maximum of 5 working days to prepare your feedback.

Can I submit more than one video?

No, sorry about that 😎 We pay our judges and trainers well for providing  in depth feedback, and we will need another paid entry to provide more feedback.