Find it on the No Worries Club Website: The Cigar Exercise

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When it comes to teaching his horses how to do flying lead changes, Clinton relies on the Cigar Exercise to prepare the horses for the maneuver. The exercise gets its name from the cigar-shaped pattern you’ll ride your horse in, teaching him to pick up his shoulders and position his body for a lead change. “The Cigar Exercise is a little pre-check to see if your horse is ready to start lead changes. If you can’t do this exercise without any resistance, you are wasting your time trying to do a flying change with your horse. You’ll only run into trouble,” Clinton says. The clinician explains how to do the exercise and why it’s a staple of his training program in the spring 2016 issue of the No Worries Journal. Log on to the No Worries Club website to read the article now.

The No Worries Club website contains a complete library (43 issues) of Clinton’s No Worries Journal that is available to members only. This exclusive content includes how-to training articles, inspirational stories from horsemen who are applying the Method to their horses, Clinton’s personal thoughts and lessons learned throughout his career, and behind-the-scenes access to the Downunder Horsemanship Ranch and how Clinton cares for his horses. Learn more about the No Worries Club at www.noworriesclub.com or call 888-287-7432.

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