Get a Better Back-Up
…your body position. Hip, Shoulder, Shoulder To teach a horse to back, we’ll use a training exercise called “Hip, Shoulder, Shoulder.” You begin by getting your horse to move forward…
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Keep Those Shoulders Up: Mastering Self-Carriage
…his own carriage and doesn’t rely on his rider to hold him in the proper position. He should be holding his shoulders up while keeping his back round, and he’s…
EquiSearch’s Ask the Vet: Shoulder Soreness
Question: I own a 5-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding, and he often has bouts of shoulder soreness. He is willing to walk/trot with nice forward movement but he tells me…
A First Look at Counter Canter
…on the wrong lead, it looks as though the horse is falling over his outside shoulder (the outside refers to the shoulder on the opposite side of the leading leg)…
Fitness Tips for a Better Ride
…switch to the other and repeat. Squat | 3. Squats: Stand with your feet slightly more than shoulder-width apart, maintaining good posture–your back should be straight and tall, your shoulders…
Develop Your Dressage Horse’s Topline
…superimpose the feeling of a bridge. However, when you add a bit more angle and bend to make a shoulder-in, you feel, all of a sudden, that the horse shortens,…
Where’s Your Outside Rein?
…to the horse’s shoulders while her hips are parallel to the horse’s hips. Her shoulders should go in the same direction that she wants her horse’s shoulders to go. Many…
The Unwritten Rules of Dressage Test Riding
…nose and shoulder should touch the letter as you leave the corner, and the horse’s nose and shoulder should touch the letter at the end of the diagonal line before…
Where`s Your Outside Rein’
…to the horse’s shoulders while her hips are parallel to the horse’s hips. Her shoulders should go in the same direction that she wants her horse’s shoulders to go. Many…
Exercises to Improve Rider Torso Strength
…an issue when you introduce lateral work. Often, novice riders contort themselves to tackle a shoulder-in or travers rather than keep their shoulders, ribs and hips stacked and rotate their…