Rudolf Zeilinger, a name not instantly recogniseable but nevertheless an extra-ordinary and exceptional trainer of dressage horses. He studied for ten years under the tutelage of the legendary Willi Schultheis and developed his own sensible and sensitive way of schooling dressage horses. His horses are fascinating to watch because of their easy, relaxed way of going and their natural enthusiasm to work, which he encourages throughout their career.
This extremely successful dressage trainer once again affords us the opportunity to see how he works with his horses in this fourth programme of the series 'Schooling a Horse'. Here you will learn everything you will ever need to know about the canter including:
- establishing a good canter
- acheiving a supple horse that can be ridden solely on the leg and weight aids
- when to introduce the counter canter
- walk-canter-walk transitions
- why a young horse finds the counter canter difficult to understand
Rudolf Zeilinger believes that this is all sound preparation for the flying change. He then shows us a young horse attempting the flying change for the first time, we see the problems that can occur and how he solves them without the horse experiencing stress in the process.
Furthermore he clearly demonstrates his entire canter work up to the level of perfect half passes, canter pirouettes and flying changes from one stride to the next.
We also glimpse an insight into Zeilinger's work with his students as he instructs a student on the more advanced dressage canter movements.
Language: English and German
Running time approx 56 mins
PAL format