Hippotherapy

What ways are there to exercise horses appart from swimming and riding them?

I do an animal course at college and i can't find any other ways to exercise horses i am not every into horses. Someone please Help! Thankyouuu xx

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1. lunging is a good form of exercise
2. Lunging, free lunging, ground driving, driving in harness. I'll let you Google the explainations for these things :)
3. You can lunge them. Put them on the horsewalker Ride and lead Lead out in hand Drive them
4. You can lunge them. Lunging is when you attach a long rope, called a lunge line, and the horse walks, trots, canters and does small jumps in a circle. http://www.cedarridgeequine.com/Lunge.jpg You can put them on a horse walker, which is when you tie them to a metal thing an it goes round and round. http://www.guinnessparkfarm.co.uk/gpf-1/resources/images/horseWalker.jpg You can free lunge, which is lunging without the lunge line. It is usually done in a round pen. http://www.equine.vt.edu/PicsETClass/FreeLunging.jpg I hope I helped!
5. lunging, free jumping, hand walking (used generally for injured horses)
6. Try lunging both ways until they begin to sweat and/or breathe heavily. If that's not the thing for you, showmanship is also a quick way to get a bit of energy out-just beware when trotting around with them! Also, letting them run loose through a run, paddock, or arena with obstacles around will also do the trick. Hope this helps :)