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Lesson Plan 4 - Beginner

Objective: improve turning skills, slow down and speed up the walk, weave through cones, go over poles without looking down, introduce the trot
  • Tack up English
  • Walk on rail to warm horse up
  • Start and stop at each letter (placed around the arena in at least 6 different places)
  • Start, stop, back, halt again at each letter
  • Walk over poles (don't look down!)
  • Make large circles at each end of the arena
  • Make small circles at each letter, finishing by going back out on the rail in the same direction each time
  • Come to center and halt
  • Stand/sit in the saddle at the halt
  • Stand/sit in the saddle at the walk, on the rail
  • Stand at the walk, holding saddle if needed
  • Walk without stirrups for several rounds, stretching legs and ankles
  • Introduce cues to trot - sit deeply, eyes up and shoulders back, shorten reins to get contact with horse's mouth, squeeze with inside leg and click
  • Teach cues for walking from a trot - sit deeply, heels down, put pressure on the reins back towards your hips and say "whoa" in a deep voice
  • Trot a few strides, then walk
  • walk around about half the arena, then trot again
  • Practice sitting and standing at the trot for several strides
  • Walk for once around the arena
  • Posting trot several more times (instructor leading horse)
  • Walk horse over poles
  • Make circles at the walk
  • Weave through cones at the walk
  • Dismount, untack horse

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