Riding Exercises 2

Becoming a talented horse rider is more than just sitting on a well trained horse. Horsemanship begins with an understanding of the horse itself, and from this developing principals and methods you will use in your interactions with your horse. A good horse is made. And to do this, you as a rider need to understand how to communicate with a horse in the saddle. Here are ten exercises covering intermediate riding skills, while working with the horse. This app is the fourth in a series of horse training apps. It is recommended that you have already completed all of the groundwork exercises in the ‘Groundwork’ App and the exercises in the ‘Riding Exercises’ app first.

This app contains the following topics and exercises:

• On the bit
• Reverse/backup
• Improving transitions
• Sugarfoot jog
• Ridden feel
• Rollback preparation
• Yields
• Lateral work
• Lightness
• Flying lead changes