Dale Lassetter Dressage
    • Home
    • About Me
    • Services
    • Gallery
    • Blog
    • Contact
    June 19 2015

    Circle Exercise ( to help with engagement)

    Dale Lassetter Dressage, Training

    It has been a busy two weeks, with new horses and students to help, and several horses to ride, which was fun.

    The following exercise is very good for making your horse work more from behind, and give through his back.
    Start with ten minutes and when your horse is loose enough you can ride it for a bit longer.

    Dale Dressage Circle Exercise

    You start with a 20 metre circle at one end of the arena on the left rein.(A)

    After riding one circle, make a 6 metre HALF circle to the inside(left) and immediately ride a 14 metre circle to the right. So you have an inside circle going Right and an outside circle going Left.

    When you have ridden two or three inner circles Right, when you are level with A, ride a 6 metre Half circle to the left that will bring you back to the Left handed outer 20 metre circle.

    Ride the outer circles in rising trot to create good impulsion, and the inner circle sitting. What you ride to get from one circle to the other is up to you!

    When you have mastered this a few times, then reverse it, so that the outer circle goes right and the inner circle is left handed. The half circles to get you from one to the other will be right handed every time this way around.

    I hope this is very clear. Draw it on a piece of paper before you ride it.

    News

    There is not anything specific this time.

    I am updating the Gallery and nearly have enough photos, so take a look and in the next week or so, there should be many students with new photos that show their improvement, and some new horses.

    Share this:

    • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
    Difficult Necks Transitions out of canter

    Related Posts

    End of the Year

    Dressage, Training

    End of the Year

    Dressage

    The Elite Auction in Verden

    The beginnings of collection

    Dressage, Training

    The beginnings of collection

    Dale Lassetter Dressage
    © Dale Lassetter Dressage 2023
    Website by {PIX}

    Recent Posts

    • End of the Year
    • The Elite Auction in Verden
    • The beginnings of collection
    • THE DRESSAGE LETTERS AROUND THE ARENA
    • The Plan

    archives

    • 2017
      • December 2017
      • November 2017
      • October 2017
      • August 2017
      • June 2017
      • April 2017
      • March 2017
      • February 2017
    • 2016
      • October 2016
      • September 2016
      • August 2016
      • July 2016
      • June 2016
      • April 2016
      • March 2016
      • February 2016
      • January 2016
    • 2015
      • November 2015
      • October 2015
      • September 2015
      • August 2015
      • July 2015
      • June 2015
      • May 2015
      • April 2015
      • March 2015
      • February 2015
      • January 2015
    • 2014
      • December 2014
      • November 2014
      • October 2014
      • September 2014
      • August 2014
      • July 2014
      • June 2014
      • May 2014
      • April 2014

    Subscribe to Blog via Email

    Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.