Become a Balanced Rider
…following pages, I’ll give you exercises to help you find your balance and make achieving greater harmony with your horse a little easier. Trust me, he’ll love it too! The…
…following pages, I’ll give you exercises to help you find your balance and make achieving greater harmony with your horse a little easier. Trust me, he’ll love it too! The…
…this week’s sensitization exercises. This week’s exercises are similar to the last set of sensitization exercise from Part II of this series, but they involve teaching our horse to respond…
…the steering wheel, and you wouldn’t want to use those same muscle-wrenching techniques on your horse either. Trainer Craig Johnson of Gainesville, Texas, will show us some simple steering exercises…
…the exercises once a week. For maximum benefit, perform those stretches just before you ride. Before you begin: Halter your horse, and ask him to stand squarely in an area…
…he felt great, even without stirrups! Beezie Madden schooling. | Photo courtesy Reed Kessler After Mika, I hopped off to help everyone set jumps for Beezie’s school on Via. She…
…dressage clinician met with me and understood the simplicity of schooling horse and rider for dressage in a bitless bridle, because the schooling could easily be transferred to riding with…
…many hair styles, and you can put a cover over the cap if needed, making it our top schooling helmet choice. The Devon-Aire Ussepa handily earns schooling helmet Best Buy….
…shows I go to, the schooling arena gets very crowded. Make sure to be aware of what’s going on around you. You can make this a positive experience by using…
…your challenge. A wide repertoire of exercises is a trainer’s best friend. Constant drilling of a movement is boring for horse and rider and can lead to bad habits. Horses…
…fences. Dressage exercises can be incorporated into work over fences. For example, let’s say a rider is schooling fences separated by eight or more strides. Suggest or try the following…