Horsekaren
Well-Known Member
We are still mixing things up
We have been hacking, lots of walking, in hand and ridden, tiny jumps, riding on grass ect so a real good mix. I have really taken a shine to pole work without a rider. I dont lunge much at all, havnt really done any lunging for 4 months but decided to try some lunging over poles.
I had stopped using gadgets but i popped the roller and side reins on to help him seek a contact and for balance (i dont think they were too tight, Please tell me if im wrong!)
I guess this would be a good example of how he moves with a steady contact.
This was the weaker rein, he was really lifting his hind legs over in the other direction but i didnt film that. I read up on poles and something said walking over poles is really hard as they dont have any spring and have to lift so we did a lot of that.
Is he working correctly (mostly)? I can see after the poles he goes short behind but then soon steps under again when asked....
Is he starting to track up at points? I dont want to push him to hard for now as im hoping with this sort of work he will become strong enough to track up when he is ready, plus to get him to i would really need to be on him with the whip which i just couldn't do with the effort the lovely boy put in to it.
To be honest he has never been so forward on the lunge so i was over the moon, he used to fall in and out but such progress for not doing this in a while. If this is good for him i may try and do this once a week
Trot to walk over poles-
Trot without poles
Trot over poles (we had just changed rein so he isnt as relaxed and not picking up as much)
I was thrilled with this, what do you think?
Ps i'm a bit like a wailing banchie i know i move a lot but it works
We have been hacking, lots of walking, in hand and ridden, tiny jumps, riding on grass ect so a real good mix. I have really taken a shine to pole work without a rider. I dont lunge much at all, havnt really done any lunging for 4 months but decided to try some lunging over poles.
I had stopped using gadgets but i popped the roller and side reins on to help him seek a contact and for balance (i dont think they were too tight, Please tell me if im wrong!)
I guess this would be a good example of how he moves with a steady contact.
This was the weaker rein, he was really lifting his hind legs over in the other direction but i didnt film that. I read up on poles and something said walking over poles is really hard as they dont have any spring and have to lift so we did a lot of that.
Is he working correctly (mostly)? I can see after the poles he goes short behind but then soon steps under again when asked....
Is he starting to track up at points? I dont want to push him to hard for now as im hoping with this sort of work he will become strong enough to track up when he is ready, plus to get him to i would really need to be on him with the whip which i just couldn't do with the effort the lovely boy put in to it.
To be honest he has never been so forward on the lunge so i was over the moon, he used to fall in and out but such progress for not doing this in a while. If this is good for him i may try and do this once a week
Trot to walk over poles-
Trot without poles
Trot over poles (we had just changed rein so he isnt as relaxed and not picking up as much)
I was thrilled with this, what do you think?
Ps i'm a bit like a wailing banchie i know i move a lot but it works