A simple but demanding groundwork exercise to boost your horse’s core stability
- Stand your horse at one end of the pole as shown
- Walk him forward one step at a time keeping his near fore and hind on one side of the pole, off fore and hind on the other side
- Guide your horse to take small, slow careful steps without rushing
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