DVD - Basic Training for Riding Horses Volume 1; The 4 Year Old Horse

In Klimke's three training DVDs, the Olympic champion shares her key ideas for the successful training of horses. The main components of her training method include dressage exercises to improve suppleness and collection; pole work (cavalletti); lower level jumping obstacles; and basic training for cross-country. Klimke is ably supported in the dressage training component by Major Paul Stecken.
This DVD focuses on the following:

- Dressage: Exercises to improve extension; rhythm; relaxation; contact between the rider's hands and the horse's mouth; familiarization with rider aids; half- and full halts; transitions; signs of suppleness; first show ring experiences; and much more.

- Pole work (cavalletti): Introduction to the technique and work on the longe line.

- Jumping: First jumping obstacles; use of a lead horse; and gymnastic series.

- Cross-country: Use of the safety seat; first jumping obstacles; introduction to water; work uphill and downhill.

Ingrid Klimke is an international trainer of dressage, show jumping, and event horses, and currently competes for Germany as an event rider. She had always been able to call on her father Reiner Klimke's experience but has also been greatly influenced by Fritz Ligges, Ian Miller, and Anne Kursinski. She's appeared at five Olympics, from 2000 to 2016. With her horse Abraxxas, she won two gold medals in team eventing, at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won a team silver medal with Hale Bob at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. She placed seventh at the 2002 Dressage World Cup Final with the horse Nector van het Carelshof. She lives and trains in Münster, Germany.

Playing Time 90 Minutes. DVD . Producer: Pferdia/Wehorse. Teaching program according to §14 JuSchG

Spieldauer: ca. 90 Minuten. Lehrprogramm gemäß §14 JuSchG. DVD Format. Sprache: Englisch. Produzent: Pferdia/wehorse.