how often do you

[xoxstacexox]

school your horses each week

also how often do you hack ??

 

[connie1288]

Depends on the horse and what their aims are.
ATM i am hacking and schooling equal amounts, with 1 jumping session a week and 1 competition, although the ex racehorse does slightly less schooling so he doesnt get sick of it. During the season i will slightly up the schooling and have a weekly gallop so would probably on hack once/twice a week!

 

[Tiarella]

mmmm it all depends.

school about 4 times a week, hack twice usually.

 

[MizElz]

When I was competing, I used to school whilst out on a hack - I'd leg yield up and down the track, and find corners of dryer-than-most fields to do some canterwork. We'd then have a lesson or hire a school most weekends and then go jumping on a Sunday.

Now, ironically seeing as I now have access to a lovely school, I do not school at all! Well very irregularly anyway - at present I am managing to ride about 3 or 4 times a week, and that is always a hack

 

[JoBo]

Depends week on week, but usually school twice a week, jump every other week.

The same with hacking but usually about twice a week.

Out competing or doing something (clinic etc.) most weekends.

 

[Lill]

Most times i ride to be honest!

Well in winter anyway... so 5 x a week.... bad i know. Can only ride in the evenings under floodlights. Usually have competition of some description and lesson most weekends.

In summer, again schooling in the evenings mainly, try to hack out a weekends (if no show/lesson) but our hacking is crap anyway its all roadwork

do vary it a bit in the summer by schooling in the fields although they are too boggy to use in the winter.

 

[Fazzie]

Well with the arab mare, Fazzie, I usually do both, as a local farmer lets me use his wifes schooling field, so I hack over there, do a little bit of schooling and then hack back, usually about twice a week

But when my dad rides Fazzie , he just hacks her out.
Then with the coloured 2 year old, Tia, she comes in every day and just has a bit of ground work done, leading her up and down making her walk, stand, go back etc, but thats only about 10 minutes a day. In the next few months, when she feels ready, Im going to start doing a bit more with her and introducing her to more traffic and longer walks etc. Which should prove fun

 

[MerryMaker]

I school 4-5 times a week, and tend to hack once at weekends and compete every couple of weeks. She will always have a day off per week. If your schooling regime is varied and you keep them interested, there is no harm in doing a lot of schooling, though I think a hack or a show or something different once a week keeps them interested and gives them a bit of a "brain rest". Mind you it depends on the horse!

 

[chunklovescooks]

I school almost every time i ride, i have 2 jumping lessons a week and bob has 1-2 nights off a week. I hack when possible but with less light in the winter it is obviously harder to fit it in!

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

i hack twice a week on average in winter, more when i am off work, like now

summer i hack out about 4 times a week
myself and my mare are not fussed on schooling, she is older and we just enjoying happy hacks, we do small amounts of schooling whilst out hacking
i would do more schooling with my next horse, but i dont enjoy it that much, but like to do it out on hacks as a general rule

i dont currently have a school anyway

 

[LadyRascasse]

it depends week to week, but make sure i mix it up so she doesn't get bored this week so far she has:-

Sat:- day off
Sun:- Hack
Mon:- Free Schooling
Tues:- Flat Schooling
Wed:- Pessoa Lungeing
Thursday:-Flat Schooling
Friday:-BEACH RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LankyDoodle]

Depends on when I am working, hours etc. I have one lesson a week on the big boy. I then school him by myself anything from 2-4 times a week. My husband or I will ride him out about 2-3 times a week on top of that. Not much jumping apart from popping a log out and about. He also gets the odd lunge session.

George gets hacked up to 7 days a week (usually not that much but can be) and I will school him on the odd occasion (or lunge him), but he is quite stiff so I limit this. He prefers going out exploring tbh.

 

[stencilface]

Well, in winter I hack twice a week at weekends as can't ride in the week due to no school and lack of daylight

Maybe have a jumping lesson once a month and bsja once every month - 2 months. I am feeling very lazy at the moment.

I school on hacks, leg yielding and my attemps at shoulder in etc

and in the summer I rent a school once a week to school and thats it. In summer hack 4-5 times a week - work is very busy and I have no evenings and work away a lot

Jump maybe once a fortnight in the summer in the field (mud permitting

) and compete every couple of weeks.

I do think roadwork is very important though, as is good for keeping tendons and feet nice and hard

 

[Paint it Lucky]

I school about 3/4 times a week and hack the other times, will give horse a day off if he is working hard but if not he just gets a light work day where he goes for a gentle hack or is loose schooled. I like to keep him fit so he is worked fairly hard the other days (even when hacking). Occassionally vary work by jumping or lunging.

 

[Starbucks]

Don't school very often at all!!! Well not at all now and maybe once before an event in the summer. I don't really jump apart from at competitions either. Probably why we are a bit crap!

Badger hacks out about 5 times a week with one of his various riders and hunts about once a fortnight.

 

[spookypony]

ATM, he get one day off, and on other days, I hack over to the school, see if it's free. If it is, we school and hack back, and if not, we go on a longer hack. Saturday and Sunday, we have a lesson.

 

[bex777]

ATM I am bringing my lad back into schooling after injury...

Prior to injury he was being hacked 4 or 5 days a week including a bit of jumping over solid fences as and when and Schooled twice a week, one flat work lesson and one session of us poorly attempting to recreate said lesson.....