Most people seemed a little frustrated that Anky was not 'officially' given any details about the horses and riders, and so these details were not passed on.  I did not who they all were, but cannot be 100% sure of the horses ages and full details of the breeding.

Anky was enthusiastic, energetic and thorough with her lessons and always made sure that the rider heard and understood what she was asking for.

Again Anky worked on transitions and encouraged Sue to ensure that the work, to and from trot, was with only one aid.  She was very happy to augment the rein aid with the use of the voice, and felt that it was silly to prohibit the voice in competition.

Susie's horse is Donna Carrera who has been in Melbourne for Dressage with the Stars in 1998 (ridden by Susie)  and 1999 (ridden by Heath Ryan).  She did very well in both years.

Here you can see she is asking Donna Carrera to give (yield) to the hand, and Anky said "Take your leg forward and off the horse, so that you do not use you leg when you do not want to"

How clear and logical she made it.

Susie hopped back on the mare, and we saw some great work to two times changes.

NEVER ... use the hand when you are using the leg to ask the horse to go forward and ... NEVER use the leg when you are using the rein to stop.

How clear is that !!!

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