- Lesson Plan 8 - Intermediate -

1. On ground: walk up to and over jumps to get familiar with them
2. Tack up horse English
3. Lead horse around ring and over poles, over small crossrail
4. Explain about stirrups being shorter for jumping than regular riding
5. Explain about looking over and past the poles, not at them, and why
6. Trot in hand, around ring and over poles
7. Mount horse
8. Round the world and other stretching exercises
9. Walk around the ring to warm up
10. Walk over poles
11. Walk in large circles on each end of the arena
12. "Grow tall" to trot, asking with legs to trot and shortening reins
13. Trot around ring several times, focusing on shoulders back and sitting up straight
14. Stand at the walk and halt
15. Stand at the trot (saddle holding allowed)
16. Sitting trot, focus on sitting up tall in the saddle and letting legs drop, laying softly on horse's sides
17. Work on picking up the correct diagonal at the trot without looking
18. Stop at one end of the arena, trot into middle and make a circle, trot to other end of arena and stop.
19. Ride horse through a slalom - "V" shaped poles set on the ground to create an obstacle course for the horse to work through
20. Cool horse down by walking
21. Dismount/untack/put horse away

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