longe line training


Riding Your Horse on the Correct Lead

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Almost anyone can sit on a horse and lope, doing it well takes years of practice. After a rider masters keeping their butt in the saddle, not balancing on their hands, and keeping the horse from breaking, I begin to focus on leads. In the beginning it’s natural for a rider to be loping circles around the arena on the wrong lead.  The cues to ask a horse to lope are push his hip to the inside with your outside leg, and tip his nose to the center of the circle with your inside hand.  Eventually, you can cue the horse with just your leg. Keep that in mind while trying my other suggestions.


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Longe Line Trouble Shooting

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Getting back to the longe line training series, this next post will focusing on some common longe line training problems.


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