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RELAXING STABLE EXERCISES
By Tristan Tucker

Rest his body, not his mind. So he comes out of it the same horse.

Eight exercises you can do inside a stable, for horses on box rest, in rehabilitation, or shut in for fireworks, quarantine or weather.

Tristan Tucker demonstrating a relaxing stable exercise with a chestnut horse
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  • ✓Eight exercises in a clear order
  • ✓Lower tension before it becomes a bolt
  • ✓Rebuild symmetry and stability while standing
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WHO IS THE RELAXING STABLE EXERCISES FOR?

He is standing still. That is not the same as resting.

  • The energy with nowhere to go

    Six weeks in a box does not lower his energy, it removes every outlet he had for it. It builds up in his body, and it comes out the moment something moves in the aisle, or the moment you clip the lead rope on.

  • The setback you saw coming

    He heals, he comes back into work, and within weeks something goes again. Standing still for six weeks costs him symmetry, stability and awareness of his own body. If nothing replaces that while he stands, he starts back with less than he had.

  • The nights you cannot control

    Fireworks, a storm, quarantine after travel, a yard on lockdown. He has to be in there and he has to be able to cope with it, and you would rather not find out at eleven at night whether he can.

Sound familiar?

  • He is on box rest or recovering from an injury.
  • He paces when he cannot leave the stable.
  • You want useful work without asking for movement.
  • He comes out of the stable tighter than he went in.

"You do not need an injured horse for these to be worth doing. Plenty of riders use them as the ten minutes before they tack up, or as the thing they do on a day it is too wet to ride."

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Tristan Tucker riding a black horse in passage at a Grand Prix dressage competition

Your instructor

Meet Tristan Tucker.

Tristan Tucker has spent years working with horses whose tension made handling, assessment and treatment difficult or unsafe.

His approach gives professionals a structured way to read the horse, organise the interaction and create more cooperation without confusing force with control.

The Relaxing Stable Exercises is Tristan's work applied in the order it happens in real life.

LESSON PLAN

What you will do, in the order you do it

You do not start with all eight. You start with the first one, tonight, and it takes about as long as picking out his feet. A lead rope and a schooling whip. That is the whole equipment list.

Start here from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 01

Start here

Why a body that cannot move still has to unload, and what changes for him when it does.

  • Watch this before you go out to the stable.
Skin rub from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 02

Skin rub

The first contact, and the one that tells you where he is holding on today.

  • It works on a horse you cannot yet touch everywhere.
Body tapping from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 03

Body tapping

A rhythm he can let go into.

  • This is the one riders come back to on the bad evenings, and it comes with a clear disclaimer on where not to use it.
Spinal Wave from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 04

Spinal Wave

Movement through the whole topline while his feet stay where they are.

  • The connection from his back through to his head, which is what he loses first when he stands.
Breath work from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 05

Breath work

Where you stop working on his body and start working on his nervous system.

  • Learn to hear the change instead of hoping for it.
Foundational guidance patterns from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 06

Foundational guidance patterns

With the rope, in a space this size.

  • He learns to follow a suggestion rather than a pull, so leading him out on day one is not the fight you are dreading.
Postural activation and awareness from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 07

Postural activation and awareness

He starts carrying himself again.

  • This is the exercise that decides how much of him is left when the vet clears him.
Lifting legs from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 08

Lifting legs

Weight shifted deliberately, one leg at a time.

  • Balance and symmetry built standing still.
Reduce Tension from the Relaxing Stable ExercisesPart 09

Reduce Tension

Putting it together, including the relaxation of his visual system.

  • That is what stops him scanning the aisle all day.

Eight exercises does not mean eight things to get through. Most riders use two or three of them every day and keep the rest for when they need them.

UNLOCK ALL 8 EXERCISES · 29 short video lessons

Frequently Asked Questions

Before you decide.

Yes, that is exactly what they were built for. Every exercise is done with his feet where they are. Show the course to your vet if you want to be certain, and ask specifically about Exercise 6 and 7, which involve weight shifting.

Ten minutes. Some riders split it into two shorter sessions, morning and evening. It is meant to fit into what you are already doing, not to become another job.

A lead rope and a schooling whip. Nothing else.

No. It is used just as much for fireworks, storms, quarantine after travel, and yards where turnout is off for a week. It also works as the ten minutes before you tack up.

Start with Exercise 1 and 2, both of which you can do with him on the other side of the door or over the bar. You build from there. You do not need to be comfortable in the box with him before you begin.

No. This is a stand-alone course and it starts from the beginning.

Access is lifetime, so buying it before you need it is the point. Most riders who own it bought it in the week the vet said box rest, and wished they had it already.

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Tristan Tucker demonstrating a relaxing stable exercise with a chestnut horse
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  • Start here
  • Skin rub
  • Body tapping
  • Spinal Wave
  • Breath work
  • Foundational guidance patterns
  • Postural activation and awareness
  • Lifting legs
  • Reduce Tension
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