Understanding your horses’s muscle system is key to keeping him sound and happy. Daily training should include warm-up and lots of stretching excercises to supple and loosen your horses muscles and spine for optimal movement and health. Think yoga for horses when starting out your training session. Allow him to stretch his neck forward and downward to activate the proper carrying muscles.

Here you can see Bond is balance as he trots a 20 meter circle, properly bent in the direction he is travelling, the result of many hours of stretching the muscles to create a solid musculature allowing him to perform all of the high level movements with ease.

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