Horses who have been trained with­out a strong foun­da­tion, abused, or trained incor­rect­ly can bene­fit strong­ly from work on the lunge to help reverse the phys­i­cal, mental and emotion­al blocks that can show up under saddle. In this demon­stra­tion you can see a 15 year old Hanove­ri­an mare who has not been worked consis­tent­ly in sever­al years, has an incom­plete foun­da­tion in her train­ing, anxi­ety and phys­i­cal blocks.

Young hors­es often present a pletho­ra of issues when first being worked on the lunge. This demon­stra­tion shows some of the expec­ta­tions put on young hors­es in their first session on the lunge, as well as deal­ing with small issues and prevent­ing larg­er ones. Horse being worked is a 4 year old Dutch Warm­blood x Bashkir Curly geld­ing with mini­mal train­ing and no previ­ous expe­ri­ence on the lunge.

The Core Work­shop was designed to help rider's under­stand, prac­tice and utilize the power of crit­i­cal think­ing. Along with this comes a shift in many of the assump­tions that many meth­ods are built around. Here are two video clips, shot July 7, 2008 at Aware­ness In Riding.