Schooling Exercises

[Rockchick_uk]

Hiya Guys,

Can any of you recommend any schooling exercises that will encourage the following:

1) Incourage the horse to us its back end
2) Improve topline
3) Improve balance

Many thanks

 

[TinselRider]

lots of circles and transitions will encourage the horse to use its back end ....it also helps them to sodten through their back.
lots of long and low work will help develop topline and softness through the back aswell.

you can also try leg yielding and a little bit of rein back aswell

 

[Rockchick_uk]

Thanks, im trying to work out a specific schooling plan and just need some ideas.

 

[Paint it Lucky]

Polework, transitions, gridwork, serpentines, transitions on a cicle.

 

[lucylemon]

transitions, circles, bending and flexing to either side, serpentines and transitions on a serpentine or circle, also polework seems to help sometimes.

i think some excercises will work depending on the individual horse

 

[Pidge]

leg yield to track and when hit track pick up trot.
flex to left for 5 strides, straight for 5 then flex to right for 5 and repeat.
on a 20 metre circle flex as above.
lots of very shallow loops.
small serpentines from center line to 3/4 line, see how many can get in.
10metre circle and push the hindquarters out, then pick up trot.

 

[Rockchick_uk]

Many thanks guys, the plan is coming along nicely, we begin work tomorrow.

 

[JamilaParr]

transitions... loads of them... on a circle will do all three things u want to do... and also progressive transitions.

head flexes- counter bending...

'in-position' or shoulder fore whatever u call it lol