Lateral movement

Under a side passage refers to certain learned forward sideways movements of a horse. Page transitions can be ridden at all gaits and track all figures.

A distinction " with the direction of movement bent " ( Travers and Renvers ) and "against the direction of movement bent " ( shoulder-in and counter shoulder-in ) the side passages in.

In shoulder-in ( front part bent into the car) and counter shoulder-in ( front part bent at the wall ) moves the horse in a straight line and turn his body towards the inside in such a way that the front legs of a trail run further inside than the hind legs (three strikes), that the front legs of two tracks continue inside than the hind legs ( four stroke ).

Alone Travers ( rump bent into the car) and Renvers ( rump bent at the wall ) differ in their orientation to the gang. You ask for the horse the same movement dar. It moves in a straight line and bends his body to the outside, even though it runs with the forehand on the inside.

The bend of the horse's body is, the rigid spine between the ribs due mainly possible in the neck and a little in the lumbar region. By aisles body control in the bend, balance and suppleness of movement is encouraged.

With progressive training, the lateral movements in art gaits ( piaffe, passage, Terre à Terre, Mezair and Courbette and airs above the ground ) are also on the circle, the square and the Volte, and ridden. Side passages to the closest Volte called Pirouette ( Travers Volte ) or Repulon ( Renversvolte ).

The traversal provides a pathway figure in aisles; they do connects the shoulder-in at the beginning with the Travers shift by the diagonal and the Renvers in arriving at the new page, followed by changing the shoulder-in.

In the modern equestrian to count the half pass to the side aisles. Shoulder- and riding -in- position are considered as exercises for learning the aisles. Loriston -Clarke counts also the turn on the forehand and leg yielding to these preliminary exercises.

Lateral movements of the horse, where the horse is not bent in the spine, but submitted only in the neck, such as zoom in / out for example in the leg yield or rectangle, not among the aisles.

History

The side gears are a direct preliminary exercise for any fighting spirit of the riding horse. The " Snake Tour" said movement of the Greek war horse trainer Xenophon (c. 400 BC) holds as Schirg for a combination of lateral movements.

"Originally come as a martial exercise existence to the enemy to show only about the bug and not the broad side, also to deceive him at all to maneuver skillfully, such gaits were achieved, which in nature almost not at best as natural skewness, travers -like walking in the canter, shoulder in at the trot -like, can be observed. "