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Post by rainbow on Feb 14, 2009 21:12:38 GMT
i am giving mossh a lesson tomoz on mattie. What he really needs to be able to have flexion in his neck and to engage his backend.
What kinda exercises can i do to enable this?
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Post by solomon on Feb 14, 2009 21:50:22 GMT
increase and decrease circles by a leg yield style aid. That is reina working as a pair to guide head neck and shoulders while using legs to ask for inwards or outwards movement. Make it subtle at first and don't go for small circles for long 'cos they find it hard.
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Post by fimacg on Feb 15, 2009 17:28:56 GMT
also serpentines are good for encouraging bend
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Post by fleabitten on Feb 15, 2009 18:14:51 GMT
Poles!!! Make loads of games involving poles as long as he isnt the sort to go mental over any kind of a jump! That wouldnt be beneficial ;D
Agree with the above, lots of circles (the spiralling one that solomon mentions is a good idea) - you could do different sized circles in different parts of the arena, although dont make them so small that the horse gets unbalanced - even just do a half small circle to make it a bit easier but not too impossible.
Weaving in and out of objects - serpentines as fi suggests.
Ride a 20m circle at trot at E or B, then ride a 10m circle - as youre riding the 1st half, come back to walk and walk it. Then come back onto a 20m circle at trot.
Walk a 10m circle in the corner and then ride a 5m loop down the long side, finishing off with a 10m circle of walk in the top corner. Alternate between a 10m circle at walk and a 20m one at trot.
Trot a 20m circle, follwed by riding straight across the diagonal. Repeat at the other end and so on. By this stage you will have identified where there is a habit taking place in each repetition. Then you can work on correcting it. When you have mastered it at trot, add in things like, cantering on the circle or diagonal.
Hope these ideas are useful to you - be imaginative in your exercises but make sure you dont try things that are too tricky for the horse and rider as that just ends up messy and you end up feeling like crap!
Have fun ;D
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Post by brigadier on Feb 15, 2009 21:42:05 GMT
Use turn on the forhand in the warm up to get the hind legs engaged. Make sure the horse does it in a round outline- no coming above the bit, then you will finfd it also help the flexion.
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Post by rainbow on Feb 15, 2009 22:26:08 GMT
yeah cantering work atm is a no no:) but thanks for the ideas. She didnt ride today as wasnt feeling to well and mattie is the type to pick up on things and thn take that to be naughty. He doesnt quite like coloured poles but we will master them in time too  |
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