Last weekend I attended the Midwest Horse Fair in Wisconsin. It is my favorite version of continued education! I saw a seminar by Jonathan Field using a circle pattern I thought would be good the share with you all. Enjoy! Circle Exercises for Steering, Rating Speed, Bending and Canter Departs From the seminars on “Active Neutral” … Continue reading
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Arena Figures
What are Figures? Figures are “prescribed paths a horse is ridden on in a riding arena…[which] provides markers that can help indicate the correctness in the size or shape of a figure” (wikipedia). Why gives rider feedback about their own skills (a poor circle may indicate the rider sits crooked) gives rider feedback about their … Continue reading
Skills Articles
I recently discovered this list of articles about riding. It’s a great collection of short 1-2 page articles about many of the skills you teach your students. They come from the Meredith Manor equestrian college and their school of thought. I have found them very helpful and easy to understand. Click below or use the … Continue reading
Tips & Quips: for Basic Riding Skills
Last year I took some lessons at Cross Winds Farms, a hunter/jumper barn, and learned some great tips & quips from some of their teachers that I want to share. Keep them in your back pocket for when you need them! One teacher would quiz me on the first few basics while walking around the … Continue reading
Gymkhana Lesson 3: Cloverleaf Barrels…and a Circle Exercise!
PATH Intl. standards state there needs to be no unnecessary equipment in the arena when you are teaching. Instructors also tend to have students working on different skills in back to back lessons, with little time to switch the arena set up in between. Arranging the arena during the lesson is not really an option because you … Continue reading