Horse training ground work

As a beginner, there are few basic groundwork exercises that you should consistently work on until you have mastered them with your horse. I've also made a FREE printable .PDF Training Log!

Step-By-Step Guide to Essential Groundwork Exercises Equestrians do more than ride horses; they care for them, handle them, and train them. They must also learn many other skills to safely navigate a horse’s prey and flight instincts. Groundwork can help equestrians connect with their horses in a way the horse understands: through body language and […]

Setting ground pole distances correctly can help improve your horse's stride length and increase strength and flexibility.

Trust building exercises to do with your horse that is all on the ground. Builds confidence and trust in horse and handler.

You might think that the first steps to training a horse depend on the training style. But there are some lessons that every horse should learn.

These are the 5 essential horse bonding exercises I've learned that have helped my horse and I relax together, connect with each other and have accelerated our training success.

Here Bear (background), Shiloh (foreground) and I (photographer) practice a "non-ridden" activity in the form of pedestal work at liberty. While I do still ride Shiloh, Bear is retired. If you stick around the horse world long enough, you will probably find yourself at some point with a horse who can't be ridden. Maybe due…