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