Tag: Balance

Shortening Steps to Halt

Here is a challenge to work on shortening steps and riding up to the halt.
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Circle with Transitions

The exercise is to ride a big circle, anything from 15m to 30m. Balance the gait you are in ( i.e. walk or trot)…
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riding up to the halt

Here is a challenge to work on shortening steps and riding up to the halt. This exercise involves slowing and reducing the length of steps…
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Walk-Canter Straightness Diagonals

Here is an exercise for developing your transitions between walk and canter. In a walk to canter transition the horse needs to load the back…
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Exercises for Laterally Balanced Turns and Reinback

An exercise for mobilising the shoulders of the horse with 90 degree turns, practice a reinback in a straight line, and work on an egg-shaped…
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Exercises for Building Lateral Strength and Balance

These are exercises to work on lateral balance and strength with a selection of 3 progressions. Part 1 is done with a walled edge. Part…
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