Jan
24th

What ways are there to exercise horses appart from swimming and riding them?

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I do an animal course at college and i can't find any other ways to exercise horses i am not every into horses. Someone please Help!
Thankyouuu
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You can lunge them. Lunging is when you attach a long rope, called a lunge line, and the horse walks, trots, canters and does small jumps in a circle.
http://www.cedarridgeequine.com/Lunge.jpg

You can put them on a horse walker, which is when you tie them to a metal thing an it goes round and round.
http://www.guinnessparkfarm.co.uk/gpf-1/resources/images/horseWalker.jpg

You can free lunge, which is lunging without the lunge line. It is usually done in a round pen.
http://www.equine.vt.edu/PicsETClass/FreeLunging.jpg

I hope I helped!


6 Responses to “What ways are there to exercise horses appart from swimming and riding them?”

  1. princess on January 24th, 2009 8:13 pm

    lunging is a good form of exercise
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  2. 1024 on January 24th, 2009 8:44 pm

    Lunging, free lunging, ground driving, driving in harness. I'll let you Google the explainations for these things :)
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  3. Andelusional on January 24th, 2009 9:06 pm

    You can lunge them.
    Put them on the horsewalker
    Ride and lead
    Lead out in hand
    Drive them
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  4. koolhorse10 on January 24th, 2009 9:51 pm

    You can lunge them. Lunging is when you attach a long rope, called a lunge line, and the horse walks, trots, canters and does small jumps in a circle.
    http://www.cedarridgeequine.com/Lunge.jpg

    You can put them on a horse walker, which is when you tie them to a metal thing an it goes round and round.
    http://www.guinnessparkfarm.co.uk/gpf-1/resources/images/horseWalker.jpg

    You can free lunge, which is lunging without the lunge line. It is usually done in a round pen.
    http://www.equine.vt.edu/PicsETClass/FreeLunging.jpg

    I hope I helped!
    References :
    Years of riding and horse experience!

  5. Eventer4life on January 24th, 2009 10:38 pm

    lunging, free jumping, hand walking (used generally for injured horses)
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  6. oh, livia! on January 24th, 2009 11:17 pm

    Try lunging both ways until they begin to sweat and/or breathe heavily. If that's not the thing for you, showmanship is also a quick way to get a bit of energy out-just beware when trotting around with them! Also, letting them run loose through a run, paddock, or arena with obstacles around will also do the trick. Hope this helps :)
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