Pick the Perfect Pace for your Horse
…feel for the pace your horse needs for that all-important and consistent 12-foot stride. We’re going to do it with just three simple exercises. First, you’ll canter two ground poles…
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Dressage Exercises for the OTTB
Americans love Thoroughbreds. They carried our soldiers, they delivered our mail and their intense desire to win races inspires us every spring as we yearn for a Triple Crown winner….
Competition Breakthroughs Begin With Training At Home
…a loosening-up and confidence-building situation, because it’s no more than a repetition of familiar exercises. Competition grounds are lousy places to try to fix the things you don’t do well….
Seven Things to Teach Your Trail Horse
…revisit a few basic training exercises. Many of these will involve skills your horse learned long ago but hasn?t had to use very often. Others will focus on gaps in…
Poles and Cavaletti For Horses That don’t Jump
…longe line or on his back, at all three gaits. So let’s talk about some exercises you can do in each of these ways. LONGEING EXERCISES. To really benefit from…
Loosening Up Before Riding
…Maintain relaxed position for two seconds before taking another breath. Upper Body Exercises Ground exercises loosen the neck and back, which stiffen quickly when a rider is nervous or uncomfortable….
Rider Fitness Tip of the Month: Fixing Riding Posture – Riders with Rounded Shoulders
…which is tight (chest), opposite one which is overstretched and weak (back).? There are many different exercises riders can use to address rounded shoulder problems, depending on how they acquired…
The Groundwork Waltz
…of the results. See these exercises through to the end, don’t give up, don’t change, hang in there! These exercises set the foundation for many levels of performance and control….
Postcard: 2009 George Morris Horsemastership Day 4
…Session found out they were during their session with Olympic gold medalist Beezie Madden. Beezie Madden explains how to jump one of the exercises. | Photo by Sandra Oliynyk. Beezie…
Understanding the Half Pass through Shoulder-in, Leg Yield
…be seen as a combination of exercises and that it can be taught this way. After breaking it up into two easier exercises–the shoulder-in and the leg yield–working on each…