Clinic: Biar 899 and his son Meges

Look at the similarities!

Jan Bink on Briar 899 and Minna on Meges. That is the only way I can tell them apart.

In this clinic they talked about how Jan Brink has managed to be on top with Briar 899 for 10 years without any severe injuries. At the moment Briar is in a resting period between the competitions and that means that he is:

1. on a normal bit
2. Just work him in a low profile in walk, trot and canter
3. Just check if he is awake with some piaff, passage,pirett steps but don't require them to be perfect. If he listens he gets a pat on neck and then back to "normal"
4. Work with the lengths of the steps and generally just loosen him up in all muscles being sure that he ALWAYS is in a low profile and not the high profile that he has to go in when competing
5. Train in other areas than the arena, like the forest, a gravel road, a field etc. Change is good and that also means that they learn that sudden things like logs, stones, people, bikes etc etc can occur in random areas. Another thing that the horse gets to go outside is that he has to look were he put his feet!
6. gets to go out in the paddock alone for about 2 hrs a day (remember a horse is still a horse and not a machine no mather what level you are competing on)
7. A happy horse is a healthy horse.
   

Everyday no mather if it is in between competeions or fine tuneing for a ompetetion he:

1. walk him for 20 min before he starts training him (ok his assistant does this)
2. jog him in a low profile for a while in both trot and canter
3. also takes a 20 min walk on asphalt (this is good for the legs)