0. Learn to tell the difference between a Travers and a Renvers. These are two old terms still used today in select parts of the world. Travers is more commonly known as Haunches-In

   in the modern world, and Renvers is Haunches-Out. Why is this important to you? Knowing and understanding these terms is key, because they are a large part of what you’ll be working on in this clinic session.

   In this session, you will learn to tell the difference between Shoulder-In and Haunches-In, when to execute Shoulder-In or Haunches-In, and how to correctly bend and angle your horse to execute Haunches-In and Haunches-Out. These are techniques that demonstrate the refinement and beauty of Western Dressage at its finest.

Ground Work:

•  Recap Shoulder-In and Leg Yield

• In-Hand Work: Forward to Halt, Shoulder-In, Leg Yield

• In-Hand Work: Haunches-In, Half-Pass.

•  Simulations: work on moving each hip independent of the other

  Riding:

• Learn how to set your horse up for a Haunches-In out of a circle and in the last stride

  of the circle

• Haunches-In to straight ahead, then to a Haunches-Out

• Haunches-In at a Walk-to-Canter transition, then straight ahead

• Half-Pass out of a circle

• Straight ahead on the diagonal into a Half-Pass

• Leg Yield into a Half-Pass