What Makes A Good Walk

02/23/15 • 13 min

Walking... Does your horse do it with a sense of purpose, or is he rather resembling a slowly rolling ball of jelly; going nowhere slowly? The problem many riders have is when we ask our horse to ‘walk on’, he becomes tense and stiff...

The walk, when it is a good walk, should be forward-moving, unrestricted, and natural. There should be a sense of purpose to it; evident in both horse and rider.

Unfortunately, as riders, we can often have a very negative influence over this gait, causing our horses to begin shuffling rather than walking! Here's how you can begin to nurture what your horse naturally does in the walk, and create a good walk for both of you.

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The walk, when it is a good walk, should be forward-moving, unrestricted, and natural. There should be a sense of purpose to it; evident in both horse and rider.

You can read the full article and listen to the podcast episode HERE or visit:- https://stridesforsuccess.com/episode321-good-walk

Get Audio Horse Riding Lessons and Begin Training Your HorseToday!

Connection is an online membership for equestrians working alone to train their horse without a coach or trainer.

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Keeping Canter Work Interesting

I've often wondered what it is about the canter that makes riders almost seem to ignore it when schooling in the arena. I see riders put so much time, care, and attention into the trot and to a lesser degree, the walk... But the canter is more often than not relegated to a few 'laps' of the arena and then back to more of the same with walking and trotting...

This week on the Daily Strides Podcast, we are focusing on some ways you can incorporate more canter work into your schooling sessions.

Canter can require some serious work from both you and your horse. It is easy to become tired while we are cantering and with tiredness comes a sense of complacency with the quality of the gait.

During this episode of the Daily Strides Podcast, we are covering four main points that will help keep you on track with your cantering and allowing you and your horse to perform at your best.

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Posting or Rising to the Trot

Have you ever sat down (no pun intended) and thought about how correct your rising or posting in trot actually is?

Rising or posting in trot is one of the first aspects we learn when starting out riding a horse... We happily spend hours trotting around the arena or along the trail, up-down, up-down, up-down, without ever stopping to consider if the movement we are performing is helping or hindering our horse, or our own performance as a rider.

You can read the full article and listen to the podcast episode HERE or visit:- https://stridesforsuccess.com/rising-posting-in-trot/

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