Kyra

JJ Tate riding for Kyra

Kyra Kyrklund Symposium

Gretchen invited me to join her and her friends to watch the Dressage Masters Symposium with Kyra Kyrklund.  She wanted many riders to fix their elbow position.  The elbow must be at a 90 degree angle and to help the rider acheive this they can use a strap attached to the stirrup leathers to help “hold” their elbow in the correct possition.  She also had many riders hold their whip horizantally through both hands.  This help the riders become aware of unsteady hands and helped them balance their hands properly.  She rode many corner exercises with the horses to help control the horses shoulders so the hind end could line up to the front legs.  She said that the knee angle of the rider should point to the horses mouth, and you should use the horses’ down step to influence the movement, and you need to sit on the hind wheel.