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Lesson Plan 10 - Intermediate

Objective: learn diagonals at the trot, improving two-point position at teh walk and trot, trotting over poles, steering in two-point position
  • Brush/tack up horses English
  • Start, stop, back, and halt again at each letter - improves stopping and starting skills
  • Walk over poles
  • Weave through cones in a straight line
  • Stop in center of arena
  • Stretches/mounted exercises
  • Walk on rail in two-point position, maintain all the way around the arena
  • Two-point over poles
  • Two-point while steering horse through cones
  • Slow posting trot around the arena, on the rail
  • Sitting trot halfway around the arena
  • Walk into center of arena and halt
  • Explain diagonals, at the trot
  • Walk on rail, counting 1-2, 1-2, 1-2 steps at teh walk, watching the horse's shoulders
  • Posting trot, counting 1-2, 1-2, 1-2 steps at the trot
  • Walk horses
  • Explain how the up/down motion applies to outside shoulder
  • Posting trot around arena to practice picking up on the diagonals
  • Walk horses to cool down
  • Dismount/untack/put horses away

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