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I have 3 horses my self, and one younger girls boards her 18 year old Arab there. She rides once a week or so and allows me to ride him as well. He lost a ton of top line over the winter, and is overall pretty green. His owner also needs quite a bit of help with her seat. Anybody have any good horse and/or rider exercises? Bonus points if they can be done in or include a round pen! Edited at July 12, 2023 01:58 PM by HMH Reality Check
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I would recommend lunging- may need to be done on a line for control reasons. Lots of trot work without someone on his back will help. He shouldn't just be moving around under saddle. Also, walking/backing up and down hills to engage his hind end, and trotting poles/raised poles/cavalettis can help with that as well. . These were all things we were advised to do with Zippy, and they've definitely helped- though his topline was in pretty good shape to begin with. I'm not as certain about rider seat, unless you have a specific example of what she's struggling with? Edited at July 12, 2023 05:29 PM by TenaciTea
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Trail ride! Go on different terrains, up and down hills, across streams, etc etc. Nothing better for developing topline and seat
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Flat work in a surcingle and over poles Edited at July 12, 2023 07:14 PM by DaisyMeadowEventing
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For the rider: trot/canter with no stirrups on the lunge.
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I used the have a... questionable seat 😅 what my trainer always did was put me on bareback and we walked over poles, and worked up to trot, that can help a lot and it helped me a ton. If the horse is not comfortable barwback then try the exercise with a saddle but stirrupless Edited at July 13, 2023 03:08 PM by Bluebonnet Estates
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Neck and leg stretches for the horse, balance exercises (without or without an excercise ball) and/or yoga for the rider. Or make her ride blindfolded so she's more focused on how she's sitting/moving with the horse. And I mean supervised riding in a controlled environment XD
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I would definitely recommend stirupless and/or bareback work along with balancing exercises on a lunge like having her sit tall and hold her arms out straight and into a circle motion. Another good thing is to have her lean back and picture the seat as if she's glued to it and being held down.
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Riding without stirrups trotting and cantering on and off the lunge would help a lot. The first time I cantered without stirrups was off the lunge on a spicy horse lol. Edited at July 17, 2023 04:13 PM by Tigerlily Valley
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