Welcome to week 4, this is where we introduce riding. I hope you've found it valuable to stay on the ground the last three weeks and notice a better relationship with your horse. This will really help with the riding portion, but there are still a lot of pieces to know to help with riding.

The good news is that the 6 Calm Connection exercises you learnt on the ground also apply to riding.

Your homework for this week:

• Develop a good mount
• Transitions out on the circle or free run (to make sure your horse is ready to ride)
• Riding Calm Connection Exercises
  • Square
  • Spirals
  • S Pattern
  • 360 with a Twist
  • Boomerang
  • Move with me and Yield
• Confidence Building Exercises
  • Touch It game
  • All around game
  • Boomerang
  • Distractions while doing the Calm Connection Exercises
    
  Have fun!