Handy pony practice tips :)

[HaffiesRock]

So off to the local show this Sunday and decided to make it a bit more fun this time.

I will be taking my pony in handy pony. Never done it before, and it will be an experience as pony is not 100% spook proof

Any tips on things I can do at home to practice? My imagination is limited today!

Thanks

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Things like picking up/replacing an object from on top of your pony e.g. pick up and post a letter, walking, unmounted under/past a washing-line, hanging washing on the line with pony in one hand, negotiating bending poles, mounting from the 'wrong' side, leading through a trailer, going through water, possibly with an object/s in the water, trotting poles, gate opening & closing, basically any of the bombproofing things that you might do with your pony combined with 'le Trec' type obstacles.
Good luck!

 

[Enfys]

Everything Pearlsasinger says, do you have a tarp that you can weigh down and practice walking over?

This is what I do, Xtreme Cowboy racing, basically Trec meets Handy pony, but with prize money It is getting very big out here. Obstacles like this are things you can set up in your own paddock with a bit of imagination and very little expense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewzjapjmgSQ