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Horse-Back Riding
Hi, I've been riding english for about 5 years, but i still don't know what a 'leg yield' is? Can someone please explain?
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well i dont know about the other two answers but i was always taught that a leg yield is when you stop a horse only using your legs and no reins
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To add a little to what Isis said, the horse isn't actually entirely straight. You should have a slight bend away from the direction of sideways movement. If you bend into the movement, you will be riding something more similar to a half-pass, although it won't be a true half-pass.
If you want to try one, assuming you're in a dressage sized arena, turn and walk up the quarter line (as if to ride a ten metre circle at A or C). Straighten your horse, then with your inside leg, create a soft inside bend. Keep your right leg at the girth, steady to control the rhythm, and with your left leg slightly behind the girth, push gently against the horse's side with your calf. Use your outside rein to keep from going too rapidly to the side--it should take you at least the length of the arena to leg yield back to the rail.
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The leg yield is when you're walking or trotting and your horse moves forwards and sideways by crossing his inside legs in front of his outside legs whilst keeping his body as straight as possible, all without getting tangled up and falling over!
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