b'Perfect CirclesBuddy UldriksonBuddy Uldrikson Training at Rancho Rio Bonita: buddyuldriksonhorsemanship.comW orking with the barrel horsethe hind quarters and then the front quarters with a soft prospect to walk in a perfectfeel, but its a huge part of horsemanship.circle with a soft feel uses my whole body when I ride.ThisThis is a great exercise to return to if youre having a big part of horsemanship. Manyproblems with your horse going around the barrels and riders I work with run into problems when I ask themgetting away from good footwork. Depending on your to direct their horse into a circle. The rider may havehorse, you may nd it best to do a bit of long trotting trouble asking correctly, or the horse doesnt know howand loping before you start the exercise. Other horses, to walk a perfect circle on its own. This teaches the rideryou can step right on and walk partway around the arena how to teach the horse to shape its body into a slight arcand then go into the circle. I like to do all my maneuvers while continuing to drive forward at a walk. When themaking sure I have a soft feelbefore I do anything more horse masters that then you can try backing the perfectcomplicated, and its also the way I nish my session on circle. When the horse masters this and moves to thethe horse. Just walking in nice, quiet, perfect circles.barrels, the horses neck gets level, all four feet are driving forward evenly, the shouldersI dont set up a barrel to practice are not cutting into the barrel,this exercise, because if theres a the hips are not releasing to thebig barrel sitting there, it makes it outside. You will nd your horseeasy for the horse to go around it will have a much better grasp ofwithout your cues. But if you focus the necessary footwork around on a spot on the ground, such as the barrel. a hoof print or rock, you can use that as the center of your circle. At My thought is, if your horse cantrst, the horse might be all over the walk a perfect circle, how canplace at the walk. Theyre stepping they trot or lope a perfect circleout of your track or stepping in. But around a barrel, keeping their feetafter a period of time, it only takes all where they belong. They needa circle or two before they nd your to know where their feet are at allhands, will shape properly and times. Its very basic, maneuveringwalk that circle driving forward with all four feet. 50 May 2019'