How Do You Build Muscle On A Horse For Halter Showing?
Here are some tricks to get muscle in the hard places: Trot them. Out of all their gates, it’s the most exercising for muscle AND for endurance. 😀 Trotting will build muscle in the legs and hindquarters, along with the shoulders and chest. Just make sure you trot her BOTH ways. Trot her turning a big circle the left way 3 laps, stop her and walk her out, and then you turn her and around and trot the right way 3 laps then you stop and walk her out again. If you don’t do it both ways the equal amount, muscle will build up on one side or more on one side. And trotting her will get her blood pumping, start off doing 2 laps each way a day, then after a few days, start doing 3 laps each way a day. Work up the laps for endurance. When you ride her, turn her in small tight circles slowly and do lots of twisting. It will build back muscle. You can do this at a walk. I would do it at a walk because when you’re turning tight circles at a trot or a lope, unless they’re a barrel horse who have the
