For orientation you can place two hats on the long side near the circle points. Ride along the long side and get your horse to gather. When you arrive at the first cone, initiate a shoulder forward and then ride in a short turn around the cone. Then repeat the same thing on the second cone on the other hand. This is how you ride shoulder-forward, short-turn loops evenly on both hands. Always incorporate loosening and stretching exercises on the straight stretch.

Simple serpentines, when ridden properly, can develop contact into the outside rein while increasing lateral suppleness. It’s how I warm up each ride to ensure suppleness and responsiveness to the bending and forward aids.

Groundwork with a cavesson is a brilliant way to do exercises in a more balanced way.

If you want to help in supporting your horse to be more straight circles are a great way to start! You can make the circle smaller and then bigger again - this is quite a workout for your horse and will strengthen their bodies. You can also turn this into a figure of 8 exercise - this way you will be able to work on both sides of the horse at the same time!

I didn’t manage to get any videos today, but haunches in is an amazing exercise for horses of basically any training level! It is very helpful for both my second level dressage horse, and my very inexperienced pony. When done properly, the haunches in strengthens and gives control of different parts of the horses body. It makes the horse very light in the contact and encourages them to bend and hold themselves. People often forget this exercise, but it makes the leg yield, half pass, and eventually pirouette far easier. Make sure not to overuse this exercise on less muscled horses! Happy riding! 💕

To have more control with your horse (a young one especially) try to do a lot like A LOT of transitions, like from trot to walk and from walk to canter. And you can also do extended canter on the long side of the areana and shorten the canter on the short sections of the areana.

Put 4 poles to make a plus sign and ride it in a flower or 8 figure . This helps with balance and to work on poles and make the horse think how to use there legs. It is the best for younger horses to gain muscle 💪

For a stronger core. Get on your back and raise your legs 90⁰ and lower your of one legs and opposite hand