Horse Poles

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Having fun is the most important thing. But you can also train effectively in the same time. Here are some fun exercises for you that are guaranteed to bring variety and joy back into your everyday life! ⁠ Download the Happie Horse app for free and find even more inspiration and tasks for the daily life of your horse and yourself. With over 300 different free exercises in the app, you and your horse will never be bored. ⁠ So get in the saddle and enjoy #7DayHappieMood⁠ ⁠

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Trot pole work

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Dan Bizzarro on Instagram: "It sounds simple but it really works and it teaches your horse to carry himself and not rush when trotting over poles. Do you struggle with this too? #danbizzarro #danbizzarromethod #horsesofinstagram #polework #"

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Four pole work exercises for a full winter workout

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Thirty-minute flatwork exercises

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Maddy Whitford | Compassionate Horse Trainer 🇦🇺 on Instagram: "Trust me, I get it. Probably more than you know. At the end of a day after working with clients horses, teaching lessons and farm chores, the last thing I sometimes feel like doing is tacking up yet another horse. So here’s my quick and easy routine to create mental connection and provide physical movement outlets for our horses when we’re short on inspiration and energy. 1️⃣ A 15 minute walk in hand. No, not on a circle on a horse walker, but out in nature, exploring. Even if we just go into a paddock my horses aren’t often in, we can access different grounds, terrains and see the property from a different perspective. 2️⃣ working over a pole. Yes, a single pole. No, you don’t have to set up a grid, no, you don’t ha

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Equido on Instagram: "we push and receive… what i’m trying to explain is that when we’re riding forward or asking our horses for engaging the hindquarters, simultaneously we need to receive our pushing/squeezing into our hands…. the expression of, “ between legs and hands” you only have when your hands are passive and ready for receiving… never “pull and squeeze” no contradictory aids!! our brains are programmed for saving us and subconsciously we have the reflex of squeezing our hands tightly when we’re forwarding our horses… this we need to reprogram… a soft hand can receive what our legs are pushing forward… only in that way you will be having the “real genuine connection” getting on your horse and grabbing/taking the contact and control, is already a wrong start… we ne

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Using poles for effective warmups

Do you find yourself looking at the time to see if you’ve walked long enough to start “working” your horse? Once I created a warmup plan before I got on my horse, the time flew by and we both enjoyed the warmup and our ride thereafter.