Core Conditioning for Horses by Simon Cocozza

Author:Simon Cocozza
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books

/ The Core Release Volte

The Core Release Volte is a wonderfully natural and simple exercise (fig. 6.7). It is also the most important back stretch a horse can do as it gives us a reliable and relaxed Long-and-Low HNP that you can use in almost all the other exercises.

/ 6.7 / Releasing the core: The Stretching Flexion brings the horse onto a volte and aligns his spine.

It couldn’t be easier: two circles on a figure of eight with a Stretching Flexion (see p. 139) may seem too easy, but it creates both lateral and vertical back flexions, making it an excellent body-confidence-building exercise, particularly when the back already shows some signs of being weak or sensitive. In any situation, this go-to exercise can alleviate mental and physical tension in very little time. The Long-and-Low Outline we achieve with this exercise leads naturally into the full back stretch of the Forward, Down, and Out, which is the all-important Exercise 3 (see p. 186).

/ 6.8 / Longer and lower: When aligned well, Wardance can stretch naturally from the Long and Low HNP to the Forward, Down, and Out HNP to voluntarily stretch his own back.

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