Handy Stretches for Your Horse

Click to see VideoLast week we shared some videos with horse pilates exercises and today we are keeping in a similar theme. Today’s video will

Essential Warm Up

While many of us stretch our own muscles (and give our mount a nice long walk to warm them up) we don’t often fully stretch our horse in preparation for athletic motion. Stretching does the same thing for your animal as it does for you, making movement easier, more natural and decreasing the chance of sore muscles after a workout. Ideally both you and your mount should stretch before and after workouts.

How Do You Warm Up?

We are always interested in learning new techniques and exercises for warming our mounts (and ourselves) up. How do you prepare for a hard session of riding in your discipline? Let us know in the comments below if you have any tips!