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  • About
    • How Naturally Gaited Began
    • Tennessee Walking Horse Makana
    • Grade Fox Trotting Mare Lady
    • Tennessee Walking Horse Marvel
    • Naturally gaited duo receives US Humane Society Award
    • Humane Training Leads to National Championships
    • Contact
  • Naturally Gaited Horse
    • What is a Naturally Gaited Horse
    • How to Ride a Gaited Horse
    • I Bought A Gaited Horse, Why Doesn’t It Have A Smooth Gait?
    • Natural meets UNnatural
    • Sore No More-Rehabing a Big Lick TWH with Dressage
    • Barefoot and Sound
    • Another Way to Ride to Smooth Gaits
    • Starting a Gaited Horse
    • Lunging a Gaited Horse
    • Introducing a Gaited Horse to a Snaffle Bit
    • Video: Bridling the Horse the Easy Way
    • Starting a Gaited Horse Under Saddle
    • How to get on a horse that doesn’t want to stand
    • Bit Acceptance vs Bit Avoidance for the Naturally Gaited Horse
    • Long and Low to Break Pace
  • Dressage for the Gaited Horse
    • Why Dressage is More than Trot
    • Why Dressage for the Gaited Horse
    • How Dressage Improves Smooth Gaits
    • Relaxing The Lower Jaw And Its Effect On Smooth Gait
    • Research Proves Chest Muscles Key for Balance & Collection
    • Why Dressage for the Rider
    • Can German and French Dressage Co-exist?
    • Differences in Dressage
    • Does Rhythm Produce Relaxation
    • Rider Position and its Effect on the Gaited Horse
    • Hand Position & its Effect on Smooth Gaits
    • Dressage and The Feeling of Right
    • Collection and its Effect on Stride Length
    • Misconceptions about Gaited Dressage
    • Half Halt Awakening: Does the Half Halt Serve a Purpose for the Naturally Gaited Horse?
    • How to Build the Top Line Muscles of the Naturally Gaited Horse
    • How to Lift a Gaited Horse’s Hollow Back
    • How does the Naturally Gaited Horse develop Balance
    • Is Dressage Riding the Right Choice for You?
    • Neck Extension vs Long & Low for the Naturally Gaited Horse
    • Make vs Ask: What Kind of Rider am I?
  • Smooth Gaits
    • How to Develop Smooth Gaits
    • Tips to Longer Strides and Smoother Gaits
    • How to Develop the Running Walk
    • How Relaxation Improves Quality Smooth Gaits
    • Flat Walk & Running Walk
    • Pace & the Naturally Gaited Horse
    • Hard Trot to Easy Gait
    • How to Improve Canter with a Gaited Horse
    • Cantering the Gaited Horse
  • Versatility
    • Showing Dressage with a Gaited Horse
    • Gaited Horses & Cows
    • Bareback Riding on a Gaited Horse
    • Starting a Gaited Horse Over Jumps
    • Gymnastic Jumping with a Gaited Horse
    • Naturally Gaited: Maps, Compasses, and Clues
    • Trail Challenge at Governor Knowles State Forest
    • Trail Challenge Clinic
    • Video: Gaiting at Sisu on the Border Endurance Ride
  • Exercises for the Gaited Horse
    • Counter Bend Balance for the Gaited Horse
    • Leg Yield for the Gaited Horse
    • Lateral Exercises for the Gaited Horse
    • How Shoulder-in Helps Break Up Pace
    • Haunches In for the Gaited Horse
    • Video: Cues to a Softer Halt
    • Rein Back To Smooth Gait
    • Benefits of Teaching the Smooth Gaited Horse a Quality Trot on Cue
    • Breaking Pace & Cross Canter Using Trot & Ground Rails
    • Video: Exercise to Break a Lateral or Four Beat Canter
    • Rollbacks and the Gaited Horse
    • Collected Walk-Canter-Walk Transitions for the Gaited Horse
    • Jambette & the Gaited Horse
    • How My Tennessee Walking Horse Learned Spanish Walk
    • The Counted Walk and the Gaited Horse
    • Piaffe for the Naturally Gaited Horse

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April 11, 2021954 × 954Bit Contact and the Gaited Horse
Counter bend with contact

Counter bend with contact teaches the naturally gaited horse to move balance from one shoulder to the other.

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Featured Posts

  • How to Develop Smooth Gaits
  • Does Rhythm Produce Relaxation
  • Why a High and Light Riding Position
  • How to Develop the Running Walk
  • Improving Full Range of Motion
  • Lightness to the Hand
  • Differences in Dressage
  • How to Improve Canter with a Gaited Horse
  • How Shoulder-in Helps Break Up Pace
  • Showing Gaited Dressage
  • Another Way to Ride to Smooth Gaits
  • Why Dressage is More than Trot
  • Can German and French Dressage Co-exist?
  • I Bought A Gaited Horse, Why Doesn’t It Have A Smooth Gait?
  • How My Tennessee Walking Horse Learned Spanish Walk
  • Neck Extension vs Long & Low for the Naturally Gaited Horse
  • Bit Acceptance vs Bit Avoidance for the Naturally Gaited Horse
  • Research Proves Chest Muscles Key for Balance & Collection
  • Relaxing The Lower Jaw And Its Effect On Smooth Gait
  • Tips to Longer Strides and Smoother Gaits
  • Quality Step to Quality Steps
  • Benefits of Teaching the Smooth Gaited Horse a Quality Trot on Cue
  • A Naturally Smooth Gaited Merry Christmas
  • 2023 Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Many Circles Complete My Whole
  • 4 Walks on a Loose Rein
  • Leg Yield for the Gaited Horse
  • 2022 Merry Christmas
  • A Year in Review: Dressage with an Unstarted Gaited Horse
  • Correct or Absolute Correct
  • Starting a Gaited Horse Under Saddle
  • What is a Naturally Gaited Horse
  • Jambette & the Gaited Horse
  • Long and Low to Break Pace
  • Introducing a Gaited Horse to a Snaffle Bit
  • 2021 Merry Christmas
  • Pony a Gaited Horse
  • Happy Thanksgiving
  • Lunging a Gaited Horse
  • Starting an Unbroke Gaited Horse

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