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What are some easy dressage exercise my horse and i could learn?

I really want to learn some very basic dressage exercises because I think it would be good for both my horse and I. I am not very knowledgeable about dressage currently so it does need to be pretty basic. My mare is an ottb so she has the problem of sticking her nose out pretty far so anything that help lower her head would be good. Thanks.

Well one thing is trying to get your horses nose down by working on vertical flex so at a stand still your horse will drop its head and collect slightly. You can practice this every time you stop your excise. Try not to let your horse back up though, and release to the tiniest try because your horse will learn start to get it them give more and more until she can completely collect her nose. Also don't yank on her nose, try to use a little pressure as possible but as much as necessary.

Then once you get her dropping her head to your satisfaction at a stand still then you can progress into walking collected and so forth. But, mainly to get the nose down you should work on getting the nose to give and soften up.