Balancing Excersies

[pengapenga]

Hi

I have made a lot of progress with Mysty, she can trot properly now more often than not instead of pacing. She usually paces when she is confused or going around a corner. She is also very fast so I am trying to work on slowing her trot a bit.

She is also very unbalanced (possibly the reason why she reverts to pacing when going round corners). What excersise from the ground as well as in the saddle can I use to help her become more balanced? She is particuarly unbalanced in canter.

I have been doing circle work and serpentines with her.

Any advice would be appreciated:)

[Dreamchaser]

When I had Cricket she was very unbalanced in the canter. She had fast little feet for a pony, and would canter extremely fast, which I believe this was due to her having no balance. So I concentrated on keeping her slow. I did lots and lots of circles with her and got her bending in her corners. I don't think that helps much, but over time... with a ton of patience I noticed huge differences with her.