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| I just got my very first horse Hollywood!  And well I don't know much about dressage and neither does Hollywood (he was previously a low jumper). So I'm glad we found a teacher but she only can teach once a week. Do you have any ideas I can use for arena exercises between lessons? Also If you have any advice, I'm still a beginner rider. And today was my first day to ride him since he arrived two weeks ago.(he got hurt) Thank you so much 
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| First of all, congratulations on getting your first horse, having your own is so much fun. He looks GORGEOUS in the pictures.
As for the riding patterns, I have this book, its pretty good:
http://www.amazon.com/101-Arena-Exercises-Ringside-Guide/dp/088266316X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219024978&sr=8-1
There are a lot of different patterns in there, but if you don't feel like buying a book, lots of transitions are very helpful, and will keep you busy. Also, going across the diagonal, doing figure eights and serpentines, lots of circles, spirals and zigzaging on and off the rail are all good thing to do when you are riding on your own. Just make sure you watch the arena traffic, because you have to base what you are doing partly on what everyone else is doing.
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| Thnks , Im definitely going to buy the book :)
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| [quote]arabianlover607 (8/17/2008)
First of all, congratulations on getting your first horse, having your own is so much fun. He looks GORGEOUS in the pictures.
As for the riding patterns, I have this book, its pretty good:
http://www.amazon.com/101-Arena-Exercises-Ringside-Guide/dp/088266316X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219024978&sr=8-1
There are a lot of different patterns in there, but if you don't feel like buying a book, lots of transitions are very helpful, and will keep you busy. Also, going across the diagonal, doing figure eights and serpentines, lots of circles, spirals and zigzaging on and off the rail are all good thing to do when you are riding on your own. Just make sure you watch the arena traffic, because you have to base what you are doing partly on what everyone else is doing.[/quote]
^Exactly what I was going to suggest... doing lots of figures will keep him bending and he will therefore become more supple and flexible. Lots of transitions will also help you get him going off your leg and get him sharp off the aids.
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| arabianlover607 (8/17/2008)
First of all, congratulations on getting your first horse, having your own is so much fun. He looks GORGEOUS in the pictures.
As for the riding patterns, I have this book, its pretty good:
http://www.amazon.com/101-Arena-Exercises-Ringside-Guide/dp/088266316X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219024978&sr=8-1
There are a lot of different patterns in there, but if you don't feel like buying a book, lots of transitions are very helpful, and will keep you busy. Also, going across the diagonal, doing figure eights and serpentines, lots of circles, spirals and zigzaging on and off the rail are all good thing to do when you are riding on your own. Just make sure you watch the arena traffic, because you have to base what you are doing partly on what everyone else is doing. Yup. I have that book and it really does have a lot of great arena exercises!
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| | Congrats! He's adorable! And he'd look SUPER in the show ring if you train him right :) So good luck. Besides looking at patterns (Good book, btw, Cherry Hill is great), you should get a good book on classical dressage in case you run into any interesting problems. www.sustainabledressage.com and http://www.classicaldressage.co.uk/ are good sites -- you may want to take notes on the articles, though, as they can get a bit bland, but they're good overall.
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| since i'm a jumper, i can't give you much advice on dressage. the books the recomended look good, so buy those. congrats on your first horse!!!
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| Savvy_Rider (8/21/2008)
Congrats! He's adorable! And he'd look SUPER in the show ring if you train him right :) So good luck.Besides looking at patterns (Good book, btw, Cherry Hill is great), you should get a good book on classical dressage in case you run into any interesting problems. www.sustainabledressage.com and http://www.classicaldressage.co.uk/ are good sites -- you may want to take notes on the articles, though, as they can get a bit bland, but they're good overall. Agreed. Congrats on your first horse. I know what a great feeling it is to have a horse of your very own for the first time.  Another great book is "100 Ways to Improve Your Riding". That book is excellent for improving common flaws in horses/riders.
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