The Fifteen/Ten
This exercise works on : suppleness, contact and balance.

    The fifteen/ten exercise is a simple one.  All you do is ride large in the ring and at each at certain points do a fifteen meter circle, and then a ten meter circle inside the fifteen, then you ride large.  This asks the horse to bend and to travel true on the fifteen circle then uses that to ask the horse for more in the ten meter circle.  This is a good exercise for horses who tend to get bored in training  because you are not just riding down the side of the ring, for those who like to get fast down the long side, horse's who are stiff, lock their jaw, or have trouble doing smaller circles.

The fifteen/ten on the side of the ring, ideally
two or three of them should be done per side.
    For fast horse's it breaks up the long side of the ring teaching the horse to wait and be patient, for stiff horse's it asks them to bend then bend more, stretching and relaxing through the circles then to relax and ride straight.  For horse's who tend to get bored it breaks up the ride, and can easily be thrown into the daily ride when horse's get bored, or tense and spooky.  For stiff horse's it releases their jaw from the going straight to the bend to the straight again (when you ride straight after the circles ask for a counter flexion once you reach the wall to unlock the jaw even more.