Sunday, July 3, 2011


Lesson Two with Abby:
  • again flexing exercised will able my mare to be able to hold leads better, and will strengthen her off side.
  • Do lots of work on the less muscled side
  • Make sure i'm riding on the balls of my feet rather than further back
  • When collecting hold for a few seconds then release as a reward, the more i practice this the more she will develop new muscles in her " topline " and this will keep her head where it needs too be. Practice this in a snaffle. Light hands
  • When flexing do a bigger circle then go into smaller, make sure she doesn't cheat at this by not having any forward motion or speeding up
  • In a pivot/spin make sure the head is down otherwise horse is not getting full exercise and is cheating.

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