Riding Exercises

Love to use this for hot horses or warming up and reaching for contact, also as an aid for bending

One of my favorite jump exercises. Is having 2-3 bumping jumps before a big jumps. What I do I place the jumps on a line and I don’t allow for a stride in between the jumps. It helps the horse stamina and to lift his leg quick. Then I leave 2-3 stride for the last jump that I would normally put higher to allow him to stretch his leg and really go for it.

Leg yield - No equipment After quite a long time we have finally succeded in getting a leg yield from the ground with no equipment whatsoever!! I'm super proud of my girl! Our next exercise to learn is the half pass, but I honestly don't even know where to start. Any tips?

You all know leg yield in the walk or trot but did you know the leg yield in the canter ? This is one of the best exercice to introduce the flying change !!! Take the diagonal after the short side in the canter and make sure you keep the shoulder nicely in front of the shoulder and when hitting the center line : either turn back on the same rein or do flying change. Enjoy !

This is my boy Stanley learning to lunge, it's taken a while to get to this stage but his 2 brain cells are finally running together ❤ *we did get a trot going but getting the walk was our main aim*

Hello 👋🏽, Last Saturday we were practicing the reprise before competition day. That day didn't went well so I decided to wait til next competition. Things to practice, my position, my legs, my hands, her rump and the speed, too much things to get better.

Not a newie but was recently reintroduced to me at a off-the-track clinic in a half-track size vs whole-arena serpentine, and has become a favourite again. It’s great at walk, trot and canter to get your horse flexing, supple and moving off the leg. It’s also great for reengaging when they get distracted

So I used do this in trot but if you're not a dressage rider (because it probably won't be a challenge haha) and you're willing to take a challenge doing this in canter is also possible! An exercise that took me a while to learn since I was so lost whenever it comes to "dressage",but eventually I got the hang of it haha. I used to do little dressage tests with my old trainer when we weren't doing flat work or jumping so this pattern (if that's what you call it) really 'leveled up' my "dressage" courses (if that's what you call it again lol I'm so not educated in dressage 😭 please correct me if I get anything very wrong). So personally I still sometimes do this one when warming up during trot because it makes me use my tiny brain and communicate (if thats the word for that) with the horse ❤️