This months exercise incorporates oxers and raised canter poles into a figure of 8. While it sounds relatively simple, certain aspects present their own challenges for different horses.
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September Monthly Exercise – Pole To Pole
I can’t quite get my head around it being the end of September already, doing our August weekly exercises just seemed to make the month fly by even quicker! This month, we decided to focus more on some flat work exercises, I came across this exercises over on our Pinterest account, and it is safeContinue reading “September Monthly Exercise – Pole To Pole”
August Monthly Exercise #2 – Work That Hind End
Once you are happy with your approach to the flat poles, to challenge your horse more, start raising each pole up into raised poles, I started gradually with every second pole working toward the full row of poles all raised, (I kept them in sequence of right raised left raised the full way through the grid.
August Monthly Exercise #1 – Working on Tight Turns
We’ve been doing quite a good bit of jumping recently, with both of us moving up in the heights, so it was great to do an exercise that made us focus on the more technical side of jumping for a change. This was a great exercise to get us working on tightening up those turns after a fence.
May Monthly Exercise – The Zig – Zag
This exercise is good for a horse who anticipates there work. The different & tight turns will keep your horse thinking & stop them from guessing where they are going next, therefore they have to stop and listen to you & your aids.
April Monthly Exercise – The Grid of Choice
Looking for a challenge? Well this month’s exercise guarantees one!
March Monthly Exercise – Loop the Loop
Loop the Loop: a simple exercise that helps you work on suppleness, flying changes and your rhythm.