Gamebird
Well-Known Member
Anyone got any good ones? Our school's a bit gloomy for proper jumping at night but tbh it's the canter which needs the work, not the jump!
The two I use most at the moment are:
1) Two poles 6 (or whatever) strides apart, ride them in 5/6/7/8 strides etc.
2) A fan of 4 or 5 canter poles on a curve then 3 strides to a bounce of small uprights
3) I almost always leave a pole on a diagonal somewhere so that we can change leads over it when changing the rein.
On the flat I do lots of contra-bend on circles, shoulder-fore and leg yielding, all in canter; counter-canter movements and simple changes (though canter-walk isn't as good as walk-canter).
All ideas appreciated!
The two I use most at the moment are:
1) Two poles 6 (or whatever) strides apart, ride them in 5/6/7/8 strides etc.
2) A fan of 4 or 5 canter poles on a curve then 3 strides to a bounce of small uprights
3) I almost always leave a pole on a diagonal somewhere so that we can change leads over it when changing the rein.
On the flat I do lots of contra-bend on circles, shoulder-fore and leg yielding, all in canter; counter-canter movements and simple changes (though canter-walk isn't as good as walk-canter).
All ideas appreciated!