Peter Leone's Systematic Approach to In-and-outs

 I hope you all had an excellent Thanksgiving and time spent with family and friends. Here in New York the snow is falling and although Thanksgiving just passed us, Christmas is right around the corner. I have been trying for weeks to get this video made and posted. (if you follow my Instagram you know I posted a sneak peak saying I would have the complete video up about three weeks ago..... oops.) Anyways here we are and here is the latest exercise.

I received the October Issue of the Practical Horseman when I was in Harrisburg and had just gotten around to reading it following my last post. After reading Peter Leone's exercise "A Systematic Approach To Jumping In-And-Outs" I figured I would highlight this exercise in my next post.

 Here is the video of our ride through the 2 stride in-and-out.

 

I really enjoyed picking apart the last exercise and I was much more aware of the mistakes I was making the last time and trying to fix them this time. With these gymnastic exercises it gives me a chance to be more conscious of my equitation. Especially in this case, with a simple two strides your horse isn't given much time to get crooked and need correcting. This was a very good exercise with the "chute" poles on the side to encourage this green horse to stay straight through the exercise. I was very impressed with the improvement I saw with this horse in just a week. The variation of exercises, heights, and different fences is working well for this "lazy jumper". He is willing to try harder when his mind is engaged and he's thinking his way through the course, or exercise.

These next two videos are a two part session where Peter Leone talks about the exercise. He discusses the benefits, where you might find this type of in-and-out in competition and rides the exercise himself on a green horse as well as an experienced jumper. 

http://youtu.be/TmtPgVkZchY

                                                                         

                                                                    

I trust you are all busy as ever with Christmas only a week away! I know my last minuet shopping is starting to become more of a panic then something enjoyable. In the spirit of Christmas, I would like to do a short post on all things  Christmas, equestrian style! I know there are a lot of new horse things on the market this year and some of them have found there way onto my Christmas wish list! So whether you are in need of that last Christmas gift for you barn buddy, or you just want to check out the cool equestrian things I have found in 2014, keep your eye out for my next post!

Until then, Keep warm and enjoy your horses!