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all right hello everyone i'm amelia and today i'm giving you guys some things that you can
do with your dressage horse in the jump arena or if you're a jumper rider some dressage exercises
that you can do to improve your flat work so for me personally i really like to mix it up with my
dressage horses i don't like to work them every day in the court because i think they get really
bored this is natasha she's a grand prix horse and so i'm just going to show you guys some exercises
that i like to do with her when i ride her in this wonderful jump arena that we have be sure
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check out that free mini course all right natasha so the first i guess and most obvious thing to do
in the jump arena is that i just like to really start doing some circles and some serpentines
around the jumps and i think it's really good to do these because they give you like a clear
purpose to your circle and a clear kind of diameter to your circle so i what i really
want is i want to like if you're looking at this from above i would like for her body to really
be curving from her ears to her tail and really just curving as we make these little serpentines
around the jumps here and you know i'm applying all the dressage things like i want her from my
inside leg i want her to be into my outside rain i want to be able to give on the inside
rain but i just have this added obstacle to give both of us a little bit of a purpose
for our circles and so then same thing like if i'm just warming her up at the
trot again i'm just doing lots of bending lines and turns and serpentines and just
kind of working my way around these jumps so this is a great exercise to get your horse supple
it's a great exercise to get your horse focused and on the age so like maybe if your horse is a
little bit excited or a little bit nervous because they're not used to having jumps then just doing
lots of random circles and random figure eights around the jumps is really a great exercise
and then of course you can do the same thing at the canter so i'm going to pick up canner
i'm gonna just keep her bending
turning around she didn't feel quite soft enough on that turn so i'm just gonna do come on another
circle around the yellow jumps and then what i like to do out here is i like to do a circle
and then pick a straight line and then if your horse knows flying changes
you can do a flying change and then you can do a circle the other way
so again it's just using these obstacles giving them a purpose
and working on getting your horse supple if your horse doesn't do changes then just try it
keep trotting honey and then canner
so mix in you know use the jump as an obstacle do a transition i'm gonna trot
and go the other way and kenner good girl good girl
good girl oh girl so now once your horse is warmed up another exercise that i like to do here
is i like to do some leg yields between the gems so i'm gonna leg yield from one side
of these red and white jumps to the other side i'm gonna make a circle a half circle
and then i'm gonna leg yield the other way
so this is a great exercise again it's working on suppleness but the nice part about this
is it really gives you a beginning and an into your leg yield and you have to
make it happen right because you don't want to run over the jump so you've got a physical barrier
i'm going to leg yield her over there
good girl if your horse does can or half passes you can do can or half passes
between these good
so that's another good girl that's another good exercise that you can use um
when you're here in the jump arena and then i'll just finish with one more advanced exercise that
i like to do so since she is a more advanced horse trying to see what jump would be best i
think a great exercise is to practice your canner pirouettes around the jumps and again
so i think a great exercise is to practice your canner pirouettes around the jumps and again
sometimes when you're in just the dressage arena it's a little bit hard to tell
the size of your pirouette so i'm basically doing shoulder four
turn shoulder four
turn trying to keep her hind in as close as i can
to the jumps
good girl and then let her out i might do some changes
good girl but i really just love using the jump arena and the jump
to give a little extended canner me some purpose to my dressage moves
and make it a little more interesting and a little more exciting for my horse so again
in this direction i've got to get better shoulder four turn inside leg on little rounder turn good
that was my fault now i might go out for a minute away from the jump
take care that my canner gets a little bit rounder
there good girl and then come again
rounder
looking
good girl and reward good job before
oh
good girl so those are just some fun things you can play with in the jump ring but
i actually think that you can get a lot done with your dressage horse in a jumping arena and
it's a good way to mix it up and make it a little more exciting so as not to bore your horse so let
me know in the comments if you tried any of these exercises and if you find them helpful
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