Recommendations for cavaletti purchase…

[Jellymoon]

I’m after some cavaletti cross and pole combos to buy, wondering if anyone has any recommendations. I’ve seen a few on EBay. I particularly like the wooden ones where the pole is fixed onto the cross and you can turn them around for 3 diff heights. Many thanks

 

[sbloom]

I’m after some cavaletti cross and pole combos to buy, wondering if anyone has any recommendations. I’ve seen a few on EBay. I particularly like the wooden ones where the pole is fixed onto the cross and you can turn them around for 3 diff heights. Many thanks

If you like that style then get a carpenter to knock some up for you, they're dead easy to make. They're all we had up to the nineties!

 

[Tiddlypom]

Cavaletti have fallen out of favour for a reason, namely the danger of rotational falls. My then Pony Club DC had a horrible rotational fall over a cavaletti when schooling a young horse, she was very seriously injured. That was 50+ years ago.

There was a recent thread on them.

https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/best-cavaletti-to-buy-suggestions-please.818857/

 

[sbloom]

Yeah that makes sense!

 

[Rowreach]

They're really not safe. Much safer to use blocks (although I get there's a big difference in price). I feel quite sick when I think what we got away with jumping stacks of cavaletti.

 

[Jellymoon]

Oh, wow, maybe I won’t get the wooden cross ones then, you’ve scared me now !!!
I’ve have a look at the alternatives, thank you.

 

[Rowreach]

Oh, wow, maybe I won’t get the wooden cross ones then, you’ve scared me now !!!
I’ve have a look at the alternatives, thank you.

I know I felt awful commenting but I'd feel worse if you had an accident ?

 

[Gloi]

When I was a child and learning to ride I was terrified of jumping for several years after falling off and landing on the sharp corners of the cross on a wooden cavaletti . ? Plastic blocks are a lot less painful to land on.

 

[Red-1]

A pony at our riding school broke his leg as the cavaletti rolled and stayed with him when he it it.

I bought blue and yellow plastic ones. Not as high as cavaletti but high enough for a little pop.

 

[milliepops]

I'm trying to get hold of some old telegraph poles. I used to have a set of 6 which I left in my arena, those were the really thick ones but if I can only get normal thickness I'm going to make some little feet for them to sit on.

 

[blitznbobs]

IKEA potties stacked and poles… cheap and safe if not overly designer

 

[Tiddlypom]

I like these mini blocks as a safer alternative to cavaletti. Mid £60s for a set of 6.

https://www.oldmillsaddlery.com/en/...0DvFHoKgMdYC4p4a-AvhILTaY9FMBHrRoCmWEQAvD_BwE

 

[lottiepony]

Without sounding daft how high do you want them do be? I actually use dressage white boards to great effect. https://www.sportsmark.co.uk/all-dressage-products/multi-surface-arena-boards
My horse is a pansy and doesn't really like them as is super cautious (same attitude about pole work lol) but they are really good tool to use and I just have to make sure I use them regularly. Not particularly cheap admittedly but I think they're worth it, they will flip over if really clonked/knocked but spring back into shape if stood on, most horses seem to be quite respectful of them. Also most horses don't seem to take offence to them just my nitwit lol.

 

[chaps89]

I like these mini blocks as a safer alternative to cavaletti. Mid £60s for a set of 6.

https://www.oldmillsaddlery.com/en/...0DvFHoKgMdYC4p4a-AvhILTaY9FMBHrRoCmWEQAvD_BwE

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I had these

 

[countryal]

I use these, and can be stacked to make them higher, or if you've got someone who could make them could do them bigger for extra height if needed. Same idea as traditional cavaletti but much safer!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302942825772

 

[Birker2020]

I use these, and can be stacked to make them higher, or if you've got someone who could make them could do them bigger for extra height if needed. Same idea as traditional cavaletti but much safer!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302942825772

We use those at our yard, they have really helped with raised pole groundwork sessions.