Summary: Watch as a horse expert demonstrates how to warm up a horse for longeing in this free online video about horseback riding.
Mara Keith-Hunter is a lifelong equestrian and head coach for the Hampshire College equestrian team. She rode in the Intercollegiate National Horse Show for both the University of...read more
"Now we have the basic positioning we can beginning warming up. So we would put her back out in the circle and we start by just walking in the circle. Now you want to have her in the biggest circle possible because this would just be more comfortable and be less stressful on the horses limb to be a bigger circle. I'm going to ask her trot it is important to use your voice and this could remind your horse of what you want and just give a little whip with the whip. Once again keeping the v shape, keeping the longe line off of the ground. Keeping your feet really in the same small area. Then we would come back down to a walk. There is a few ways to do this definitely. She already knows. You can also just raise your hand some horse are trained and respond to that. Then halt. "
eHow Article: Horse Longeing Warm Up