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Training Level Dressage: The Dressage Training Scale Explained II
Contact:
Many a times people confuse good contact with a horse with the horse being trained.That is not the case. If a horse accepts the rider's seat, hands and legs, it is same that he isoffering the rider a good connection or good contact but this doesn't necessarily mean that youcan ride your horse like a pro without any precaution. Good contact is achieved when your dressage horseaccepts your ownership and responds to your movements and actions whichinclude:"seat and leg aids while maintaining a round outline with a mouth that is relaxed and acceptingthe bit."
So how exactly can you tell if your training level dressageor your normal horse is in good contact with you?
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ou should check for the following posture:If the horse's back is lifted, his quarters engaged, his poll at the highest point, his jaw relaxed andhis nose a hint in front of the vertical then congratulations you have successfully proved yourself a good trainer and your ride would be smooth.
Figure 1: Lazy horse of a lazy trainer
 
Impulsion:
Every being poses energy be it a human or an animal. Ahorsecan only show his fullenergy if he is in good contact with the rider. There is an energy flow released by the rider thatcauses the horse's back to swing, his forelegs to articulate and his quarters to engage and this myfriends is known as impulsion«
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