"Davy Jones" - Teaching a Horse to Lie Down

[Ponypal95]

I'm thinking about teaching my 18 year old Saddlebred gelding to lay down & do otherr tricks since I've decided not to show him. Yesterday I taught him to rear up under saddle on command and he picked up on it right away. Do you have any advice for teaching him to lie down??

[bananatangarang]

@Ponypal95 I just picked her favorite place to roll. And used a verbal cue paired with some sort of body language as she began to lie down. Then, I just reinforced it every time with her favorite treat. A carrot. :) Eventually, she just figured out what I wanted her to do and I could ask her to do it in other locations.