Prepare your groundwork session

Groundwork | Customizable

Help the pony stay straight, reduce run-outs, and teach him to pay more attention to where he places his feet.

Groundwork | Easy

Improve leading and in-hand halts.

Groundwork | Easy

Teach the horse to yield away from pressure (physical or visual). Improve his suppleness and focus. Achieve true crossing of the limbs (the feet stepping one over the other).

Groundwork | Medium

The objective of this exercise is to work on the horse’s motivation for the jump.

Groundwork | Easy

The objective here is to prepare the mounted water jump and to help your horse approach it calmly, so that jumping at competitions is no longer intimidating.

Groundwork | Easy

In this exercise, we will teach the horse to jump calmly, so that when you later ask him under saddle, he already has a confident foundation.

Groundwork | Easy

This exercise is often feared or even avoided, because we tend to believe that show jumping horses should never step into the water. Fake news! In this exercise, you’ll teach your horse to walk on a tarp so that later on, you can safely introduce jumping a water tray.

Groundwork | Medium

Successfully get your horse to move only one foot at a time. Secondary objective: campo.

Groundwork | Hard

This exercise helps your horse: - Challenge his lateral balance - Activate the thoracic sling alternately left and right by shifting his body weight first onto the right shoulder, then onto the left

Groundwork | Easy

Not every horse is born understanding ridden work, so it’s important to teach him how to step over a ground pole without stress and with attention. The goal of this exercise is to help your horse release tension and learn to cross each pole calmly and mindfully.

Groundwork | Hard

Perform a complete sequence of lateral movements over various obstacles, aiming for maximum fluidity, precision, and connection with your horse.

Groundwork | Medium

Cue and refine lateral movements until your horse can perform them over a ground pole, to improve precision, hoof control, and desensitisation.

Groundwork | Easy

Learn to obtain smooth and light lateral movements on the ground, starting from good hip control and a fine response to the stick cues.

Groundwork | Easy

Teaching the horse to move backward toward you by aspiration, meaning to step back while coming toward the human located behind him.

Groundwork | Medium

Desensitising the horse to objects on the ground so that he is not afraid when they pass in front of or behind him. 👉 This exercise is an excellent prerequisite for long-reining work, but it also helps make the horse braver, more confident, and calm in unusual situations.

Groundwork | Easy

The “changing eyes” exercise teaches the horse to follow a pressure, even when that pressure asks him to move in the opposite direction from the human. 🧠 This exercise develops: the horse’s ability to think, his ability to respond correctly to pressure, his confidence when moving without directly “following” the human.

Groundwork | Easy

Help your horse understand that: 👉 When a pressure comes from behind his hindquarters (here using a 3.70 m rope), he should move forward. 👉 But when the rope is simply present or moves lightly, no reaction is expected ➝ this is desensitisation work. ✨ This exercise is a key prerequisite for long-reining in a halter: later on, the outside rein will help encourage forward movement. However, it is essential that the horse does not become anxious about this action.

Groundwork | Easy

Being able to lead in both eyes with a connected horse — first in zone 2, then in zones 3 and 4

Groundwork | Medium

Suppleness, guidance, foot placement control

Groundwork | Easy

To refine the rein-back for horses that easily become frustrated or tense, and to help the horse enjoy the exercise.