This exercise should only be performed in walk and trot. The tricky thing is that even though you are riding a straight line, the poles you are negotiating are angled. Horses don’t have the best ...

Veterinary physiotherapist Hayley Marsh suggests the following pole exercises for horses, which are designed ... followed by trot once you’ve amended the distance. Next, raise alternate ends ...

Put simply, lunging involves a horse working in circles around you. It is possible for the horse to work in walk, trot and canter, and on different sizes of circle. Although you will be the centre ...