How to Flex the Horse correctly with Kirstin Kelly.

How to flex the horse correctly by Kirstin Kelly. Kirstin explains how to make your horse more supple by flexing him at the junction of the head and neck. During this video, you will learn the difference between neck bend and neck flexion. being able to flex the neck is so important to have the horse between your hand and leg. Being able to flex the horse means he is independently moving forward and balanced in the rein compared to a horse that is leaning in the contact and when you try to flex him, he turns instead.
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  • @elsalavaine306
    @elsalavaine3065 жыл бұрын

    I just LOVE your videos! You're very clear and knowledgeable. Those videos really help me with my horse! Thank you

  • @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Elsa for your lovely feedback. I absolutely loved getting your message

  • @elsalavaine306

    @elsalavaine306

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@KirstinKellyEquestrian My pleasure ! I love your vids because you don't talk about the perfect theoretical horse from the book... You take horses as they are stiff, hot etc... And find exercises to help them. It really really helped me organize my rides

  • @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    5 жыл бұрын

    Elsa Lavaine that’s so fabulous to hear 👍

  • @MajlisEkuinMY
    @MajlisEkuinMY3 жыл бұрын

    Oh thank you. You explain so well!

  • @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome thanks for the lovely comment

  • @ShanonT12
    @ShanonT122 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding teaching! I want to stress how important it is to keep the head in front of the chest. Most people pull the head to one side or the other not realizing their mistake.

  • @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Shanon, yes riders are fixated on bending the neck but flexing the horse at the junction of head and neck while keeping the neck centered is the real challenge and creates softness over the poll.

  • @vibeskouenborg6842
    @vibeskouenborg68424 жыл бұрын

    I never see the horse flex in the NECK

  • @jacquedaw

    @jacquedaw

    4 жыл бұрын

    She doesn't want the horse to flex at the neck, in fact she is trying to avoid that if you listen to the narration. She wants the horse to only flex at the atlas/axis not at the neck. Generally in dressage this is the only place where you want flexion. There are some schools that would bend a neck as a suppling exercise, but we can very easily teach them bad habits doing this. Usually if a horse bends the whole neck they fall out on the outside shoulder and we lose any engagement.

  • @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    @KirstinKellyEquestrian

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jacquedaw, perfectly explained. Great job Kirstin

  • @vibeskouenborg6842

    @vibeskouenborg6842

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jacquedaw Okay then we agry. In Danish the ''neck'' is the poll. But then I say it in an other way- this horse never bend in the poll- with Atlas and the 1. vertebrae. Because the head is not free- it is hold in by reins.