Exercises for young horses?

[horse_lover]

Does anyone know any good exercises for young horses? I'm going to get my 3 yr old back from training soon and I would like to know some good exercises to start with him. All he knows is hhow to canter, trot and walk and turn and stuf... Does anyone know any good exercises for young horses?

[DixieGirl]

Bending exercies so he can do a emergancy stop for safety reasons.

[horse_lover]

k, and what are some exercises to get him to move off my leg more? (and other general exercises of course)

[hoovesfirst]

well start on the ground doing basic give to preasure exercises i would say that you should do everything new from the ground first for emergency stopss pull his head around and chase his but with a long whip ummmmm trie around the world and emergency dismounts and mounts ummm serpantines zig zags uhh lead changes bare back , rideing with a halter getting on both sides so if you had to in an emergency he wuold be used to it obsticle courses with lots of things that he could spook at so he gets used to them uuuuuuuh ok i'm done :D

[horse_lover]

ok, cool I like those ideas! thanks

[HappyHorse13]

Try to vary routines so the youngster isn't bored and introduce obstacles, to get him spook-proof and used to as many things as possible. Good luck!

You may also want to look up some good horse training books :].

They are chock full of tips and methods.

[cherokee_92]

if ya want him to pick up the leg pressure thing. when you turn put pressure with ur opposite leg every time you turn or want him to go over a bit and after a while he'll relize that you putting pressure on his side means to turn and what not

[horse_lover]

ok, cool! Thanks!