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Equitation/Horsemanship Hand Placement • Quiet hands • Effective use of hands
Faults
• Uneven • Busy • Too far forward • Too far back • Too near the pommel • Too wide • Too narrow • Too high
Body Position • Correct alignment from elbow to horse’s mouth • Unison with horse
• Erect position • Even shoulders • Upright through shoulder to heel • “torso”
Form and Effectiveness • Connection • Connection between horse and rider • Shows more lower leg contact being more connected with her horse • Best overall combination of horse and rider • Horse and rider working in unison throughout the pattern • Horse/rider pair
Pattern
• Symmetrical arch • Open and lengthen stride in hand gallop • Executed a more well thought out plan • Horse traveled through the rider’s plan • Rider had a better plan with more precision in the transitions • More crisp in their transitions especially seen at the transition between the collected and extended jog (horsemanship)
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