My trainer thought that it was time for me to up a level in my riding experience, and help a horse with "get the basics down" that was trained to rid and drive by the Amish. I don't have any pictures at the moment, but I'm going out to the barn today and will get some pictures so you can see her conformation and where her muscles need to be worked on. She's a Blackshire/Morgan mare standing at about 15.3H and 7 years old. She's being ridden and used in lessons by complete begginers. My trainer and I are the only riders working with training her right now that aren't new to riding.
We're only starting to canter her, but our main focus is to get her to move more off the leg. She's also just getting used to the arena. She's jumping around 2' confidently, and up to 2' 6".
What I was wondering if there were any specific exercises that I could use to help her ride more from my legs rather than guiding by the reins. She's getting used to bending at a walk, but is very uneasy when I work with bending her at the trot.
I'm sorry for the long-ish post
Thanks so much for reading, and I appreciate your time.
Here, I found a picture of her. It's not good quality, but it's all I could find at the moment.
We're only starting to canter her, but our main focus is to get her to move more off the leg. She's also just getting used to the arena. She's jumping around 2' confidently, and up to 2' 6".
What I was wondering if there were any specific exercises that I could use to help her ride more from my legs rather than guiding by the reins. She's getting used to bending at a walk, but is very uneasy when I work with bending her at the trot.
I'm sorry for the long-ish post
Thanks so much for reading, and I appreciate your time.
Here, I found a picture of her. It's not good quality, but it's all I could find at the moment.