This week or should I say the last two weeks with Dante I have been working on a lot of straightness training. I thought who best to share this exercise with than with you all. It is extremely easy to set up, and once you get it right it is so rewarding!
Tag Archives: Flatwork Exercises
January Ultimate Exercise – Halt, Loop & Go!
This week we are focusing more in on our transition work, incorporating a serpentine in canter. This will bring us forward from last weeks exercise working on our flying changes over our “Figure of Death”, lets see how much your horse has learned!
January Ultimate Exercise – “Figure Of Death”
There you have it the “Figure of Death” I would be lying if I said this exercise was easy, it certainly was not!
January Ultimate Exercise – “Trot Til You Drop”
We have 4 fabulous exercises in the pipeline for you guys to try & test out for yourselves. So Feast your eyes below on our first simple, yet effective exercise to ease everyone back into some light work.
August Monthly Exercise #4 – Achieving a Rhythm
Well its our final August Monthly exercise and I have to say, I’m kind of sad to see this month end. To finish off, we decided again to ask our followers what they wanted to see and once again jumping won out (I’m starting to see a trend here). So the exercise we went with is a fun one that can, as usual, be ridden just on the flat.
May Monthly Exercise – The Zig – Zag
This exercise is good for a horse who anticipates there work. The different & tight turns will keep your horse thinking & stop them from guessing where they are going next, therefore they have to stop and listen to you & your aids.
March Monthly Exercise – Loop the Loop
Loop the Loop: a simple exercise that helps you work on suppleness, flying changes and your rhythm.
February Monthly Exercise – 6 Things to Work on Using 6 Poles
Have you ever found yourself short on poles? Well for this exercise, all you need is six poles and you can get straight to work.