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Marchador Clinic with Laura Patterson
Day 2 and Day 3 of the SW Clinic focused on riding and learning to feel the different gaits and speeds of the Marchador. SW offered:
- Artemis do Summerwind – marcha picada
- Siglioso do Rav – marcha picada
- Seamus da Boa Fe – marcha picada and marcha batida
- Bossa Nova de Miami – marcha de centro
- Gralha M.U.G. – marcha batida
- Koyote Libertas – marcha batida
- Caboclo da Piedade – marcha batida
Learnings from Laura: (see also clinic post from last year)
- Use the land to improve the gait. We left the arena and used a hillside meadow to speed up the footfalls and get more reach when coming down the hill.
- We also used the road to listen for the sound of the gait. Excellent feedback to the rider to hear and adjust the speed, collection or himself to get the perfect sound.
- Focus on proper posture – no leaning! Tuck your seat under you slightly so your hips can move.
- The star exercise used poles in a circle on the ground and a pattern to ask the horse for concentration, bending and stretching.
- How to work on the gait when not under saddle – free movement or running with the horse.
- Lots of obstacles and patterns on many different horses raised everyone’s confidence level.
Saddles and Stirrups – Pretty in Pink
Saddle and Stirrups – Issue 36
Please click on the pictures below to view larger to read the article written by my niece, Lindsey Baily. Also available on your ipad!
You can also view other Saddle and Stirrups issues where the Marchador is featured!
- October 2012 – Introduction to the MM Breed
- November 2012 – Visit to Brazil and the ABCCMM National Show
- December 2012 – Launching a Legacy – Becoming an MM Breeder
- January 2013, Gaia do Summerwind
- Issue 9 – Frozen all the Way
- Issue 10 – Gaia’s Diary
- Issue 14 – Choosing a Stallion
- Issue 18 – Cavalgadas – the Way of the Marchador
- Issue 25 – The Dead Broke Rider
- Issue 28 – The Gait
- Issue 31 – The Horse You Will Never Forget
- Issue 32 – Brazilian Tradition Follows the Marchador to America
- Issue 33 – Want to Keep Learning?
- Christmas Issue – Introduction to the Marchador Breed
- Issue 35 – Stress-Free Weaning
- Issue 35 – 9 Lives Minus 1
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SW November photos
Not too many photos in November – a bad month. A very high fever illness brought back from a QH show swept the barn and even our somewhat isolated Marchadors fell ill. It was horrid and long, but everyone kept eating and drinking so that was positive.
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