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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