Circle Exercise
Top equitation, hunter and jumper trainer, Val Renihan, has an exercise to hone the rider’s accuracy while reinforcing the horseʼs adjustability and responsiveness to the...
Improving Your Flying Changes
A lot of issues can crop up that result in less than perfect flying changes. Perhaps your horse anticipates or is anxious, has late changes,...
A Flat Ride
On course, all the adjustments made to your track and your pace has to happen seamlessly, almost invisibly. The best place to rehearse these subtle...
Getting And Keeping The Dull Horse In Front Of Your Leg
Is your horse dull to your leg? Are you constantly nagging your horse with your spur? Are there worn patches on your horse’s side from...
Self Carriage
Self carriage is the horse’s ability to carry himself on his own without relying on the rider for balance or connection. In this topic Julie...
Backing Issues
Does your horse freeze when you ask him to back up? Perhaps he raises his head to evade the command and backs awkwardly with his...
The Right Canter
In this topic Denny shows us the importance of establishing the “Right” canter. He demonstrates how getting to the right take off point with the...
Flying Changes
In this topic Val Renihan breaks down the flying change in order to defuse the horse’s nervous anticipation of the flying change. Her exercises produce...