Exercise at a walk and a trot to help a horse work better off the outside leg and be softer

When an older horse has had a time off, they often get a little less reactive on the sides. An exercise that takes a more active seat and having an exercise that concentrates on having the horse tip their nose to the inside using #directrein and also laying the outside rain against the neck for #indirect rain and then releasing when the horse holds that position and pushing button number two or slightly behind the girth to get better control of the hindquarters works well. this is a small pattern with four cones you can use anything you like, each cone is only about 25 ft from the next and makes a square. the objective of this game is to have the horse soften up and react to just the leg and not have to barely touch the rains. we are doing this in a bitless bridle but you can easily do the same exercise in a snaffle.
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