Distances in strides please

[vicm2509]

Can someone please clarify the strides between each of the following for a 16.3 horse.

I need to start doing lots of grid work on him as his stride is quite long and my instructor has given me lots of homework to do.

So....

Double - 7 strides (for 1 canter stride)
Double 2 - 11-12 (for 2 canter strides)
Pole before a jump - 6.5strides
Bounce - 4 strides
Canter poles - 6.5 stides
Trotting poles - 2 strides

Have I got those right?

Also if I put a pole after a jump, say 1 canter stride after it how many paces should this be?

I am having a lot of trouble getting Barons paces right up to a jump due to his canter stride being so long. So aswell as working on really collecting his canter we are putting a pole 2 strides before the jump and getting him perfect up to the pole then putting a double after the pole or a bounce. I have been practicing with a single jump as im unsure of the strides and cant remember what my instructor told me

I dont want to mess it up and knock his confidence by getting the strides mixed up as he is doing really well in his lessons

 

[Ferdinase514]

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Pole before a jump - 6.5strides
Canter poles - 6.5 stides


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I've always done the pole before a jump (approaching at trot) in a grid as 2.5 of my strides.

Canter poles as 4 strides between them

 

[Rambo]

Firstly, the size of the horse is irrelevant (unless it's a pony lol!), as all course builders build to a 'standard' 12' stride.

Sooo...

Double (for 1 canter stride) - 24' (approx human 8 strides)
Double (for 2 canter strides) - 36' (approx human 12 strides)
Pole before a jump - 12' (approx human 4 strides)
Bounce - 12' (approx human 4 strides)
Canter poles - 12' (approx human 4 strides)
Trotting poles - 4' to 5' apart


ETS: You may find your horse struggles to make some of these distances at first if they aren't used to them, so you can start smaller and work up to them

 

[vicm2509]

Thank you