How is your Haunches-In?

Check us out on Patreon: How is your Haunches-In? Is it rusty or are you a haunches-in newbie? This week I show you how to introduce it into your horse’s training. (FULL DESCRIPTION BELOW LINKS) TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction to video 00:44 What you need before you start 01:14 Leg Yield 01:44 How to graduate from Leg Yield to Haunches In 02:15 Haunches in at the trot 03:09 Using a 10M circle to teach haunches-in #HaunchesIn #HowToDoHaunchesIn #HowIsYourHaunchesIn Do you love my content? I’d love if you left me a review on google! Sign up for my e-mail list: Free Groundwork Manners PDF: Free Patterns and Figures PDF: Free Flying Changes Webinar: Free Canter Course: Free Course on Confidence: Free Rider Fitness PDF/Course: Haunches-In This week I wanted to make a video on a movement that is the butt of many rider frustrations, it’s haunches-in...(terrible pun intended! 🙊). Haunches-in is a difficult movement and I often find myself struggling with it, so this week I want to share some helpful ways of introducing it to you and your horse. Firstly, your horse needs to have a very clear understanding of leg yield. I like to start with the head to the wall leg-yield at walk. Come across the short side of the arena and cut the corner at a 45-degree angle, then start leg yielding at that angle up the long side with the neck flexed slightly to the rail (so if moving right, flex left.) To turn this into haunches-in, we just need to change the bend! Use the right rein to flex left Bend the body around the right leg at the girth Sit on the right seat bone The leg yield with the head to the wall helps you get the correct angle. (We want to see 4 tracks in haunches-in. ) Once you’ve mastered it at the walk, move up to the trot. Another way to introduce haunches-in is with the 10m circle. Make a 10m circle off the rail to establish the correct bend. On the last quarter of the circle, keep your outside leg on and don’t allow the haunches to go back to the rail. This will set you up for the haunches-in. Some important points to remember! Once you get some good steps, praise your horse and give him a break Make sure you stay sitting on the inside seat bone (the one directing the bend) Haunches-in is like yoga for horses as they’re moving their bodies in a new way so be sure to teach it in bite-sized increments and give lots of breaks and praise, (this can’t be overstated!) Always straighten before the corner as you don’t want them to go through the corner in haunches-in. Make sure that you leave time in your session to let your horse go forward after the lateral work and to stretch out properly. Click here to watch the video and let me know in the comments if you find it helpful.