Recommend me some grid excercises please??

[el_Snowflakes]

Hi guys,

Looking for some grid excercises to try (until i have my instructor out in a week or so!) Trying to get my horse a bit slower and bouncier in canter- as she gets a bit flat and fast! she is 16hh with a looooong stride so im hoping to shorten her up and get her sitting on her hocks If anyone could kindly recommend me some excercises i would be v greatful.....also if you could give me some pointers on pole spacing that would be equally fab! thanks

 

[Miss L Toe]

A pole before the crossed pole tiny jump and after.
Canter pole at the quarters of a 20 m circle.

 

[el_Snowflakes]

A pole before the crossed pole tiny jump and after.
Canter pole at the quarters of a 20 m circle.

thankyou how many 'human steps' would u put in between?

 

[overtherainbow]

not really a grid but a good exercise for improving the canter stride is to put 2 poles 19 strides apart and try and get different numbers of strides inbetween by sitting up (i.e anything between 3 and 7)

there are also lots of good books out there with lots of grids/jumping exercises and all the distances laid out for you

 

[Miss L Toe]

thankyou how many 'human steps' would u put in between?

I think it is about ten or eleven, a canter stride off the fence if that helps!