Pole Exercises!

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I have decide to do some pole work with Ned, to maybe help my nerves! He's so bad in the school when it's empty, but put up a few jumps, or poles and he's pretty good!

Preferably some that can be done at walk, so maybe some tricky turns and a few which work best at trot :)

Thanks in advance!
 
Pole exercises are limitless!
Use your imagination gage your horses stride how short their step can be how much they can extended. How well both your reversing is!
The e-venting website has so really simple pole exercises! You are limitless though you can do easy schooling exercise on conjunction with the poles half pass along, turn on the forehand etc.

Let your imagination run wild!
 
Chan said:
I have decide to do some pole work with Ned, to maybe help my nerves! He's so bad in the school when it's empty, but put up a few jumps, or poles and he's pretty good!

Preferably some that can be done at walk, so maybe some tricky turns and a few which work best at trot :)

Thanks in advance!
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When I teach I do a variety of pole exercises and I do cones to like turrets and castles.


Poles I do a lot of the west trail exercises to help the concentration and balance. one I do I call it the cross i make across in the centre using 2 poles about 2 feet apart nd practice going along and turning right or left to help suppleness and get horse listening and do it at trot too and also cones and do *banking* like i do when driving
 
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My mare loves trotting poles. She actually bolted with me once when I put poles in the corners of the arena to help our canter transitions. She then cantered off with me to play with the poles in the corners.

I love raised trotting poles and poles on a circle to really get their wee legs going :)
 
My favourite exercise is a square of poles. Down the centre line.

You can trot through it, over the corners on the diagonal. Ride circles through it. Figures of eights or serpentines. Start cantering j you can change the canter lead effortlessly. It's the perfect stride for a bounce.

I also love my 101 jumping exercises book, 1/4 of the book at least is full of pole exercises. And it explains stiding (as this can affect your confidence if you get it wrong).
And it gives so much focus. Where to look, how many strides etc so takes your mind off of worries and you just ride it.

Enjoy
http://geegeeandme.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/101-jumping-exercises-book-review.html?m=1
 
Please excuse the horse and rider combo - my mare was a little erm, enthusiastic, and the rider is a novice...

This pole layout done with the corners pointing ACBE allows a good stretch across the long diagonal. You have two canter poles (pictured), a single canter pole to the right and left, or down the centre the equivalent of two stride trot poles. Change the rein and there are 4 trot poles down the centre and two canter poles (which can be trotted) on the sides.

It's great because you can just put your horse on a figure of eight and keep coming at it. It's good for straightness and aim due to the overlap. The single poles to the outside can be used to teach flying changes too.

I love this layout! Horse is 14h3 and the poles are 10ft long.

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