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    • Warming Up – Part 1, At the Walk.
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding 10 meter Circles
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding Shallow Loops on the Center Line
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding Shallow Loops Down the Long Side
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding 4 Loops Down the Center Line
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding 2 Loops Down the Long Side
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Leg Yield Right to Half Pass Right
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Leg Yield Left to Half Pass Left
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Leg Yield In, Half Pass Back
    • Warming Up – Part 2, at the Trot.
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Riding 10 meter Circles
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Shallow Loops on the Center Line
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Shallow Loops down the Long Side
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Ride 4 Shallow Loops Up the Center Line
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Ride 2 Shallow Loops down the Long Side
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Leg Yield Right to Half Pass Right
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Leg Yield Left to Half Pass Left
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Leg Yield In, Half Pass Back
    • Warming Up – Part 3, at the Trot.
      • Warming Up – Trot Canter Trot Transitions
      • Warming Up, Riding the 10 meter Canter Circle
    • How to ride a perfect circle
    • Counter pattern, change of rein into the corner.
    • Developing the Canter through Counter Canter.
      • The Simple Counter Canter Loop
      • Counter Canter Loop in a Counter Pattern
      • Developing the 20 meter Counter Canter Demi Circle
      • Developing the 20 meter Counter Canter 3/4 Circle
      • The 20 meter Counter Canter Circle
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  • Warming Up – Part 3, at the Trot.

Warming Up – Part 3, at the Trot.

Warming Up – Part 3, Using Trotting Poles.

Using Trotting Poles.

Now that you have stretched your horse laterally, from side to side, it is time to ask for some stretch longitudinally. This exercise over trotting poles is wonderful for teaching your horse to reach over his back and stretch into your hand.

Spiraling Out from 10m circle to 13m Circle.

In the working trot rising on the left rein, make a 10m circle in the purple cone corner by K. We will call this the small size circle.

Now make the circle larger, about 12-13m is good, spiraling outward from the purple cone corner riding fairly close to the trotting pole grid and then around the orange cones and back to the purple cone corner. We will call this the medium size circle.

Now spiral in to make the circle smaller to the small size, and then spiral out in a Leg Yield to make it larger to the medium size circle.

When you can feel the horse relax into the circles, and the transition from spiraling in and out, then you are ready to move on to the next part of this exercise.

Read More Pages in this Dressage Training Article.

  • Warming Up – Trot Canter Trot Transitions
  • Warming Up, Riding the 10 meter Canter Circle

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