Lyndon Rife Clinic October 2014

In order to create more engagement, I must be able to bend Rijkens.  A good exercise is to ride him straight along the longside wall, and add a small amount of inside flexion while maintaining straightness.  Remember there are four corners of an arena, and I must bend him through the corners.
An exercise to improve the corners in canter is to ride a ten meter circle in medium canter.  Really go, and really bend him.