Mince Pie
Well-Known Member
The yard I've just moved to hasn't got a school, just a flat-ish bit of field to ride in. I'm told that unless I want to pay £££ I won't find a school locally either. We've never schooled in a field before and when I tried it the other day my pony just wouldn't focus at all, just gawped at everything around us and I really struggled to get his attention. I've tried shoulder in/leg yield/serpentines with transitions over the centre line/lots of transitions etc but I just can't get him to listen to me, is it just a case of practice makes perfect or is there something else I can try? Also can you do lateral work going downhill or is it better to be doing it uphill? All this has made me realise just how spoiled I was in Surrey!