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Transitions are one of the best places to improve your horse’s performance. You can use transitions to improve balance, focus your horse’s attention, and build stamina. This is a great lesson plan for focusing on transitions. -
The Hungarian Position is very intuitive, secure position to handle the reins from. This lesson plan will help you build the coordination for this versatile rein handling technique.
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The rewards of developing your horse’s walk will pay off exponentially in all other movements. This lesson plan will help your horse gain better rhythm, engagement, and impulsion at the walk. Don’t skip this critical step!
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This is a core lesson plan that many of my other lesson plans are built upon. Use it on its own, or as a warmup for other work.
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Harness care and maintenance aren't just a matter of vanity. Regular maintenance of your harness can save you from costly breakdowns that can have disastrous results. This is as important for synthetic harnesses as it is for leather.
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When you purchase this lesson plan you'll also get my guide to polishing leather harness for free. -
It doesn’t matter if you handle one rein in each hand as a rider, or all four reins in your left hand as a four-in-hand driver, there’s one rein that is, and always will be the most important rein. That one rein that can make all of the difference for bending through turns, square halts, or picking up the correct lead. It’s the outside rein.
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Long lining is easily the most valuable tool that I’ve ever learned and continued to develop as a horse trainer. This invaluable tool has helped bring horses from green broke to elegant mounts for both riding and driving. You may never lunge a horse again once you've learned to longline!
Get this article for free when you purchase the online class Long Lining 101!
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Training for cones courses involves more than randomly driving from one set of cones to another. This lesson plan helps develop skills that can be applied to any cones course with any horse or pony.
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This is an easy weekend project that requires few tools and minimal skill. All of the parts can be acquired at your local home center with the exception of the reins.
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Lengthening is more than just a movement that a horse is, or is not capable of. It's a coordinated movement of balance and impulsion. Learn more with this in-depth article.
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If you're looking to advance your skills and communication with your horse, this lesson plan will be a great place to start! 9 exercises will help you develop a clear, reliable half halt. This lesson plan can be used for riding, carriage driving or long lining. **This lesson plan is included in the course materials in my online course, "Building a Half Halt." You may want to check that course out for more comprehensive coaching on the half halt.
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The half halt is one of the most critical tools in your carriage driving reinsmanship. A well defined half halt can improve your horse's balance, engagement, and movement in all gaits. But what is a half halt, and how should it be implemented? This 12-page downloadable article explains the half halt in detail, and how to train one into your everyday driving. *Get this article for Free when you enroll in the online class "Building A Half Halt."
