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Pole Exercises

Contact and Biomechanics

The mouth is sensitive hand position is important and varies from rider to rider as we are not all the same shape or length of arm or body.

Contact should feel like gently holding hands with your horse

Top picture: What a pulling hand does to the horse. It locks him up.

Its called Tea Pot Neck and steals […]

How to Correct your Seatbones

Seatbones are the center of your body.  They affect the rest of your frame and most importantly your balance.
Balance:
The balance of the centre of the body, affects the body above and below. Do you sit evenly on your seatbones?  Do you have one hip more forward than the other?  Do you have more weight on your front […]

The ultimate tip for backing a horse float.

The ultimate tip for backing a horse float.

Cant do it.  Scared of going places where you cant turn around?

Try This

If you were on your horse and you wanted to push his quarters to the left you would push him with your right leg and visa versa.

Just imagine your steering wheel is your leg and the […]

Balance

Horse recipes that won’t break the bank

Keeping horses can be expensive, and from time to time we need to supplement what we are doing.  Here are some basic remedies Passed on to me by others who have found them useful.

Remember to buy in bulk for really good savings.  Check with your local rural supplies and cash and carrys for great deals.

Ulcer […]

Relaxation or Effort the key to unlocking the horse

Rider Biomechanics:-

Relaxation or Effort the key to unlocking the horse

How the rider sits on a horse and moves their body affects not only their own balance but that of the horse.  The rider either restricts the horse or allows it to move.

Unlike many other sports, the horse has its own biomechanical system and so in […]