Please note: 1 Horse and Handler to be assessed

Mandy considers these groundwork basics the foundation building blocks needed to train a horse for any discipline properly. The better your horse is at the Groundwork exercises, the better he will be under saddle. The importance of groundwork cannot be emphasized enough; the horse will learn coping skills and balance, which sets them up for success in their ridden career. Mandy uses a combination of Positive and Negative reward-based training when teaching her horses. You have the option of teaching your horse Positive reward training along with Mandy, or you can just simply opt-out of the first exercise.

• Course 1 Exercise 1:  Charge to a Bridging Signal using a marker (Optional)
• Course 1 Exercise 2:  Polite Haltering the head down cue.
• Course 1 Exercise 3:  Eyes towards
• Course 1 Exercise 4:  Backing from a distance
• Course 1 Exercise 5:  Eyes away
• Course 1 Exercise 6:  Circle around and eyes towards to stop
• Course 1 Exercise 7:  Yield your nose
• Course 1 Exercise 8:  Picking up Feet to a tap
• Course 1 Exercise 9:  Squeeze game
• Course 1 Exercise 10: Stick driving
• Course 1 Exercise 11: Circle and bring shoulders through to change direction
• Course 1 Exercise 12: Leading beside
• Course 1 Exercise 13: Circle around walk, trot, and canter
• Course 1 Exercise 14: Yielding, hind, shoulder, nose to pressure
• Course 1 Exercise 15: Side Passing
• Course 1 Exercise 16: Follow me leading behind
• Course 1 Exercise 17: Easy worming