Build A Better Athlete: 15 Gymnastic Exercises for Your Horse »

Award-winning rider Leslie Webb specializes in teching junior and young riders, conducting clinics throughout the U.S. and running a training facility in California.

Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer Leslie Webb teaches riders 16 simple exercises that will benefit every horse, regardless of breed, age, or discipline.

Getting Started: Position Check     1
Forward and Back     7
A Shallow Serpentine     13
Soften Your Horse's Jaw     19
Half-Halts Demystified     27
The Nearly Perfect Circle     35
Transitions     43
Turn On The Forehand     51
Spiral-In & Spiral-Out     57
Three-Loop Serpentine     63
Leg-Yield To/From the Rail     69
Lengthen Stride at the Trot     77
Counterbend On a Serpentine     83
Two Tracks on a Circle     89
Counter-Canter in Five Steps     95
Shoulder-In     103
Haunches-In & Half-Pass     111