Ben shows you how to prepare your horse to make his first ever lead change, focusing on:

• How to approach teaching a lead change with a heavier shouldered horse.
• Why you just focus on shoulder and hindquarter control at this stage.
• Why Ben is not concerned about the finesse of it right now.
• How to use the walls to help you.
• How to transfer your body position.
• Why straight lines and the counter canter are so important before you begin to ask for the change.
• How to decide which direction to go when asking for the very first time.
• Why you don’t have to be concerned about your horse’s head set in these early stages.
• How to hold your hands to help stand the shoulder up.