Horse Geeks Lessons: Starting Circles on Long Reins

Tracey and Stitch 06/20/24
Early attempts transitioning from ground driving on straight lines into tracking circles on the long reins. With horses that do not have a lot of forward energy this is a very gentle way to work on circles and gradually strengthen the hindquarters without making circles so hard that Stitch loses the extra forward energy gained. Detailed explanation of how the use of the long reins changes between ground driving and circles.
Kirsten Nelsen, professional horses trainer
developer of Training for Optimal Balance
www.kirstennelsen.com

[@RaniTanny]

Interesting!! I heard you say : " tighten hindend lead and give slack to front lead" in the beginning, but ...I did not " get it " until end of video😅😅😅😅.
Will re-watch a few more times. Just started to be interested in long-reining...your apporach- as far as I comprehend at ti's point- seems the most sensible one🎉🎉🎉.
Thank you❤

[@kirstennelsen]

It works literally back to front on long reins so it can take awhile to really grasp how it works the way I teach - but the results are consistently amazing. Worth the effort.

[@RaniTanny]

Thank you​@@kirstennelsen