Exercises to Slow Down Your Horse - or Speed It Up (Speed Control Part 2 of 2)
How to Control a Horse: Speed Control, Part Two: Pick a Speed, Stay at That Speed
(Note: To learn how to stop a horse from taking off - and for the prep you'll need for this second part, see Speed Control, Part 1: • How to Make a Horse Go Faster, Slower or S... .)
Taught here: How to make a horse go faster, how to make a horse speed up, to broaden the range of speeds in which your horse will travel, to keep your horse going at a particular speed within any gait, walk, trot or lope.
In this second part we learn and practice an exercise that not only broadens the range of speeds in which your horse will move (within any particular gait) - but also teaches your horse to stay at that speed.
00:00 Introduction
00:18 How to Control Your Horse's Speed: Begin the Exercise
01:16 Make Your Horse Go Faster
01:41 Make Your Horse Go Slower
02:11 The Exercise Itself
03:06 What You'll Find After Practice
03:46 Troubleshooting, Riding Tips & Techniques
04:20 Why This Exercise Makes Your Horse Move Faster or Slower
05:10 Recap of the Two Speed Control Exercises (Benefits and Why We Practice)
For the very best horse riding tips and techniques I have to offer, check out my foundational training book, "What I'd Teach Your Horse, Training and Re-training the Basics." Here is an excerpt from the "Speed Control" chapter:
"Presently, your horse knows just two speeds: 'Slow' going away from the barn and 'fast' going toward it. Here we teach it to slow down and speed up when lightly cued—but also to travel consistently at a wide range of speeds.
"Don't forget that your horse doesn't really know something, some bit of training, if it doesn't do it every time you ask, in all situations. This is an especially good thing to bear in mind when it comes to speed control. It's not good enough that your horse speeds up or slows down in the arena under controlled circumstances, this is control you need to diligently build into your horse so that in high-stress moments, you've got something to call upon...."
To read on, check out "What I'd Teach Your Horse," the perfect "how to" for anyone wanting to start or re-start a horse: https://www.horsemanship101.com/what-.... "What I'd Teach Your Horse: Training and Re-training the Basics" is available in ebook, paperback, and audio formats.
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