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Ditches without having access to a ditch!
I want to take the new girl hunter trialing in a month, however I haven't taken her Xcountry before and I'm not sure whether she's ever done it! :rolleyes: brave little flower I am... or stupid but I prefer brave!

Anyway she's really nappy so if I can get her moving away from the warm up area then that's half the battle won. I've been round the course twice before with my other girl and it isn't that challenging however it has a coffin in the timed section and having no access to a local xcountry course (or transport) I don't know how she'll react. And it's quite a narrow jump! The bigger one is wider (to aim at!) which i would prefer but I don't want to go round the intermediate! I'm not that brave! :P
Now don't get me wrong I'm not expecting a cear round or placing but I want to go there with her prepared and not totally daunted!
Any advice? Or am I being over optimistic?

This is the jump! (option on left hand side!)
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Not too keen on this one either as is is a drop down, stride (or bounce in beans case) and step back up.
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Bigger than it looks! :p
 
Not the same...but I always just line poles up!

Like jump poles, side by side, start from about 5 to start with, and then just keep increasing it to make it wider. I normally do this with a jump though, rather than on their own. So it's more of a jump with a 'ditch' in front of it.

Or I use dark tarp with 2 poles either side holding it down [Landing side and take off side, so it 'looks' like a ditch if that makes sense?
 
Not *quite* what I meant, but poles arranged like that but a few more and wider :)

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For the first jump, I'd do it as a a triple of show jumps. Normal show jump, stride, then the tarp and poles [or 6 poles in a line], stride then a normal showjump out again. Or if he's really spooky about it, I'd sit right back and just do it as a bounce so no run out space!
 
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