A Demonstration Of Carrot Stretches

After yesterday’s blip, some of you were asking what ‘carrot stretches’ were...so I decided, with the help of Michelle and China, it may be easier to show you.... the only problem being that China loves his carrots so much that he had eaten them all from Michelle’s hand before I got a chance to take a photograph.

But I hope you get the general idea, that a carrot is used to encourage the horse to stretch in various ways as he tries to reach for it. China’s program is for one to each side, trying to hold it for a few seconds to stretch his neck on either side, one down on the ground between his front legs to stretch him over his back and one up and out in front of him to stretch his neck forward. They seem to be working already as even today after yesterday he was working much free-er and more relaxed with just a few days worth of exercises.