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March 31, 2007

Festival of the Horse Burbank CDI-W/Y- World Cup League Finals

The Art of the "Schwung"

“With Rendezvous, Klaus had me use more half-steps and voltes to get her softer in the bridle BEFORE getting the hind legs. She has always been a horse who I have to push really really forward to get her back loosened up and her hind legs coming through, but she has developed so much power in the last few weeks as we've been working more on the GP stuff, that I now need to balance her back and just let the hind legs work instead of pushing her.”

This is the Balkenhol way to help develop true "schwung". That the horses stay loose behind and be able to coil the 'springs' in the rear end and then uncoil and move forward with power and balance, truely working through the back.