cundlegreen
Well-Known Member
Long reining, but in the danish fashion so there's not so much drag on the mouth. You can really make a mouth this way as you have the outside rein to keep the horse straight. I work all of mine in the school until they can do figures of eight at walk and trot, and some reinback. Riding them after that is pretty straight forward.I hope that this isn't hijacking this post too much but I would like to know if any of you do any any exercises with the bit in place once the correct bit has been chosen and the youngster has accepted having a bit in their mouth? I am interested in any exercises that are a precursor to backing that would help the horse later when ridden.