Basic Body Control
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The Order of Ridden Exercises
The Order of Ridden Exercises
This section is about assembling the ingredients before you try to bake the cake. Many riding problems don’t come from a lack of effort or talent…
The First 100 Days
A young horse can look “good” quickly… but if you rush, you often create brace, dullness, or confusion that takes months to undo. The goal…
Days 100-160
After roughly the first 100 days under saddle, the focus shifts from teaching new parts to connecting the parts. This stage is where: The horse…
Walk Trot & Canter on a Loose Rein
Walk Trot & Canter on a Loose Rein
Riding on a loose rein is not something you do to a horse — it’s something you arrive at once the foundations are in place.…
Steering
Steering
Introducing the Direct Rein Now that your horse has a few successful rides under saddle, it’s time to begin shaping their ability to steer —…
The Left Right Exercise
The Left Right Exercise
Balancing the Horse’s Mind and Body Through Redirection The Left/Right Exercise is where steering starts to evolve from a mechanical skill into a mental and…
The Left/Right Exercise in Action at a Clinic
Here’s what the exercise looks in a real-world example during a clinic.
Follow the Fence Exercise
Follow the Fence Exercise
The Follow the Fence Exercise is one of the cornerstone pieces in developing balance, straightness, and responsiveness under saddle. At this stage, your horse already…
Follow the Fence: Common Problems & Success Tips
Common Mistakes 1) Not letting go Riders keep leg or rein pressure on the fence. The learning happens when you release at the fence, not…
Point-to-Point Exercise
Point-to-Point Exercise
Point-to-Point develops a horse that can stay underneath your focus and travel a straight line without wobbling, drifting through the shoulder, or defaulting to addictions…
Point to Point: Common Problems/Success Tips
Rider Success Tips 1) Keep your focus locked on the destination Eyes, shoulders, hips stay aimed at the point — even if the horse drifts.…
Teaching The Sidepass
Sidepass on the Fence
This is the horse’s first introduction to lateral movement under saddle, and the fence provides clarity, not confinement. The purpose is to teach the horse…
Sidepass from a Standstill (on the Fence)
This is where sideways movement becomes independent of forward motion. The horse learns that the leg cue itself has meaning, not just momentum. The fence…
The Ross Exercise
Some Things to Consider Before Doing The Ross Exercise
If you try to start the Ross Exercise by dictating an exact line immediately, some horses blow up (fight, brace, feel trapped).But if you first…
The Ross Exercise
The Ross Exercise refines straightness and connection by teaching a horse to stay between your hands and legs while you travel a clear, rider-chosen line.…
Cross Hairs Exercise
The Cross Hairs Exercise
The Cross Hairs Exercise is designed to help your horse learn where “straight” actually is, without you holding them there. Rather than steering continuously, this…
The Circle Exercise
The Circle Exercise
Originally a reining-horse tool for maintaining circles, this exercise benefits any horse. You define an invisible (or coned) circle and allow the horse to canter…
Common Mistakes with the Circle Exercise
The Circle Exercise is deceptively simple. Because it looks basic, riders often over-handle it — and that’s where most problems come from. The purpose of…
Backing Up
Prerequisites for Backing Up Under Saddle
Backing up isn’t “pull until feet go backward.” It’s the first real conversation with two reins—and it only works beautifully when the horse has a…
Backing Up
Backing up isn’t “pull until feet go backward.” It’s the first real conversation with two reins—and it only works really well when the horse has…
Stop and Back Up From All Gaits
You’re transferring a clean, soft two-rein backup at the standstill into a stop-and-step-back from motion. Follow the rule: the horse must already “know the answer”…
Sidepass Off The Fence
Sidepass Away from the Fence (In the Open)
This is the proof of understanding. The fence is gone, and the horse is asked to organize themselves using only previously taught ingredients. By now,…
The Leg Yield
Teaching the Inside Leg
Up to now, your horse has learned the core “ingredients” separately: Right rein bends right Left rein bends left Right leg back yields the hindquarters…
The Leg Yield
The leg yield is the first real “lateral + forward” movement under saddle. It teaches your horse to move away from your inside leg while…
Riding with Other Horses
Solving Destination Addiction & Buddy Sourness Under Saddle
GoalHelp your horse stay relaxed, rideable, and focused on you when other horses are present, moving, leaving, or approaching so that separation anxiety, buddy sourness,…
Introducing The Bit
Introducing The Bit
Goal Put a snaffle on without creating fear, tooth-banging, or bracing—then teach a soft “follow the feel” response before you ever use it under saddle.…
First Ride Using a Snaffle
1) Prep first (before mounting): Horse already rides relaxed with the snaffle on (over the hackamore), no reins on the bit. Do a little groundwork/round-pen…
After you have established the fundamentals of ridden work, it is time to build the foundation through establishing basic body control. Once you get these steps working really well individually, you can put them together. This will allow you to go in any direction you want to go with your horse: English disciplines, Western disciplines – anything you want to do with your horse will be made easier because you have a solid foundation upon which to build.
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