How to engage the horses' hindquarters.

How to engage the horses' hindquarters has three exercises to ride every day to encourage the horse to engage his hind end better, lift his shoulders and become softer and lighter to ride. Riding squares is a brilliant way to get the horse to step his inside leg well underneath himself to balance which engages the hind legs. Here is the link for the video working on this exercise for more information. youtu.be/ya7tXhbV6ic
The second exercise is the Halt trot transition. It is important as we are teaching the horse to lift up to trot rather than propel forward. youtu.be/Zv51JG_AiHw
The third exercise is canter to walk using the small inwards circle to help the horse to sit down with energy into his hindquarters to walk rather than dropping down with his shoulders.
Remember that when trying to improve the balance of the horse, it is super important that these exercises are ridden every time you school the horse as it isn't a quick fix. It is a matter of strengthening up the correct muscles and making it easier for the horse to go correctly.
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