Advanced Body Control

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Advanced Body Control

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Teaching the Spin (even if you don’t have a reining horse)

This lesson isn’t about teaching the spin — we’re teaching the beginning of the spin. The spin starts long before the horse ever turns fast.…

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Teaching The Stop

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Teaching the Stop (even if you don’t have a reining horse)

In this lesson, you’ll learn a step-by-step approach to teaching a young horse to stop in a way that builds softness, balance, and responsiveness from…

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Teaching Collection

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Teaching Collection

Collection is the ability to go forwards and backwards at the same time.  It’s a balance between the two. Before you attempt this, you must…

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Doing Downward and Upward Transitions to Teach Collection

In this lesson, you’ll develop true collection with your horse using a simple, repeatable process built around downward and upward transitions. Instead of pulling the…

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The Half Halt

In this lesson, you’ll build true self-carriage by teaching your horse how to rebalance from front-to-back while staying in motion. You’ll use a clear, step-by-step…

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Teaching the Counterbend

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Teaching the Counterbend

The counterbend will help with general balance, and will get you to be able to control the shoulders and the ribcage at the same time…

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Teaching the Counter Canter

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Teaching the Counter Canter

In this lesson, you’ll introduce a simple, horse-friendly version of the counter canter to develop strength, balance, and body control as a stepping stone toward…

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The 4 Circle Exercise

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The 4 Circles Exercise

In this lesson, you’ll improve your horse’s balance, straightness, and body control using a simple-but-powerful pattern called The Four Circles. You’ll ride four circle/bend combinations…

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Backing In Circles

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Backing In Circles

In this lesson, you’ll build next-level body control by teaching your horse to back up in circles on both sides—and use the exercise as a…

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Teaching the Flying Lead Change

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Teaching the Flying Lead Change

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to teach a simple, clean flying lead change by building it from the ground up—so it feels like a…

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Teaching the Shoulder In

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Teaching the Shoulder In

In this lesson, you’ll teach your horse the beginning of shoulder-in in a practical, horse-first way that improves how they carry themselves, lifts the shoulders,…

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Neck Reining

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Neck Reining (When to add a Pre-Cue)

This lesson explains how to teach true neck reining as a pre-cue added onto steering your horse already understands. The core idea: don’t teach neck…

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Trail Riding

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Trail Riding

Trail Riding is one of the most advanced things you can do with your horse.  Why? Because you need to have everything working super well…

Here you will see some of the more advanced exercises like counter bends, counter canters, flying lead changes and shoulder in.

You will also see trail riding – because safe trail riding requires advanced body control.

This will be an ever expanding learning path as we get farther down the track with the horses we have.

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