Video Discussion # 57: The great Reiner Klimke shows us the right and wrong way to ride deep!

While the audio is in German, you can still get the gist of this video by reading the text that they put above the little blue box. Dr Klimke first shows us what is so common nowadays, with the horse being incorrectly ridden from front to back, showing a short, curled up neck. Then he brings his horse up into a correct working frame. And then, around 1:22, he shows us what it looks like to ride your horse more correctly deep - with a long neck (with a true "falling down" neck, rather than being pulled down), and the horse reaching forward into the connection of the bit.

While he appears behind the vertical, notice that the angles at the poll and throatlatch have actually not changed as he drops his neck. Watch this video a few times, and you will notice the many differences between the correct and incorrect way to ride deep. What stands out to me is the open vs closed angle of the throatlatch. What are your thoughts? (Click on Discussion Title above to watch this video and read or join in on this educational discussion)