Moving Too Fast

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	Are We Moving Too Fast? Klaus Balkenhol Talks About Training Young Dressage Horses September / October, 2001 page 10 by Kyra Beth Houston & Gay Walker Photos by Kyra Beth Houston, Susan Sexton & Heike Wahl
	"Farbenfroh at Aachen and Bonfire at Sydney -- relaxed, supple, moving effortlessly -- are classical dressage become art that we see too seldom.....More Klaus Balkenhol and Goldstern, Olympic Medallists, at home near Warendorf, GER. Photo by Heike Wahl
	"Classical education of the dressage horse requires much time and lasts for the horse's entire life. Laying a solid foundation of basics -- from the first moment the horse is handled and continuing with strict adherence to the consecutive elements of the training scale, by an experienced, educated trainer -- will produce a horse who is a joy to watch.... More Klaus Balkenhol and Goldstern winning Team Gold at Atlanta, 1996. Photo by Susan Sexton.
	Common Mistakes in Pushing Too Fast. 1. Tightening the noseband. 2. Specializing too early. 3. Not checking tack frequently. 4. Working too long. 5. Riding when the horseman is tense. 6. Not praising the horse enough...More Klaus Balkenhol and Garcon, winning the Grand Prix Freestyle, Stuttgart German Masters, 1995. Photo by Kyra Beth Houston
	"Extension and collection require the same degree of fitness and development in the horse. It is especially tempting with an athletically talented horse to ask for extension and collection too fast....More Klaus Balkenhol and Nikolaus, 1996, Düsseldorf, GER. Nikolaus is now owned by Dick and Jane Brown and ridden by Günter Seidel representing the USA. Photo by Kyra Beth Houston
	Exercises to Build the Horse's Confidence & Strength Transitions between gaits (walk/trot, trot/canter, trot/halt) and transitions within a gait (collected walk to extended walk) are excellent exercises to build a horse's confidence, hindquarter and back muscles, and responsiveness to rider's aids...More Klaus watches Natalie of Denmark lunging a young Donnerhall son. Photo by Heike Wahl
	A young horse deserves to be educated by an experienced trainer always following the consecutive steps of the training scale. The horse should always come first. Any problems that arise are the responsibility of the rider to solve. The horse is always a horse, the rider must always be a horseman....More
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