monkeybum13
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If you're doing flatwork then then person walking should be on the inside track and thus out of the way of the person trotting around the outside.
Why are some rider difficult to share a school with?
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If you're doing flatwork then then person walking should be on the inside track and thus out of the way of the person trotting around the outside.
MadisonBelle
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Originally Posted by EnduroRider
I wonder if somebody could clarify what should happen in the following scenario: one horse on the left rein at walk, another on the right rein at trot. As the faster horse gets the outside track, should you then change to passing right to right?
Hmmmm we still pass left to left on our yard! No wonder there are so many near misses at shows.....
The basics are usually the same wherever you go but it's these finer points that cause the confusion.
As someone else pointed out having an in-built radar is great!
Generally I try to keep myself out of the way but I do get REALLY fed up with people who stop on the track for a chat with someone outside or those that walk side by said chatting for ages. Not helped by the fact our school is only 20x40 and I have a big unbalanced youngster and I do try to work around them because I don't like to say anything incase I am perceived as the "know-it-all-get-out-of-my-way" person which I am not! It's a hard one as I'm sure if they realised they would move but these are people I don't knw from ou "mother" yard so it's awkward as I don't know them
Originally Posted by EnduroRider
I wonder if somebody could clarify what should happen in the following scenario: one horse on the left rein at walk, another on the right rein at trot. As the faster horse gets the outside track, should you then change to passing right to right?
Hmmmm we still pass left to left on our yard! No wonder there are so many near misses at shows.....
The basics are usually the same wherever you go but it's these finer points that cause the confusion.
As someone else pointed out having an in-built radar is great!
Generally I try to keep myself out of the way but I do get REALLY fed up with people who stop on the track for a chat with someone outside or those that walk side by said chatting for ages. Not helped by the fact our school is only 20x40 and I have a big unbalanced youngster and I do try to work around them because I don't like to say anything incase I am perceived as the "know-it-all-get-out-of-my-way" person which I am not! It's a hard one as I'm sure if they realised they would move but these are people I don't knw from ou "mother" yard so it's awkward as I don't know them
MileAMinute
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I just don't share the school with people. Etiquette has gone completely out the window nowadays!
It REALLY annoys me when people just waltz in! Ok, I get it, it's free for all, but basic manners dictate you ask before entering, yes?
I just book myself a slot for when I want to use it. Selfish, but bliss to do whatever I want without risking an accident caused by others.
It REALLY annoys me when people just waltz in! Ok, I get it, it's free for all, but basic manners dictate you ask before entering, yes?
I just book myself a slot for when I want to use it. Selfish, but bliss to do whatever I want without risking an accident caused by others.
Equestrianforever28
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lol no it was this 53 year old lady on her dressage horse who hogged the school all the time however my mare threatened to kick out and the next day or so the woman waited for me to finish so she could go in after.
Equinus
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We were in the school teaching the lad to longrein one day when another livery came in. The school is a large one so we agreed to use one end while she used the other. Our lad was doing ok, but then this girl decided to canter large around the school and came very close! That is a bit much for any young horse learning something new, and we packed in before we had an accident. She had every right to be in the school of course, but a bit of common sense and courtesy (she could have asked if it was ok) would have been nice.
winkles
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My yard must just be weird 
ETA: Oh no I see MadisonBelle's yard do the same, phew
ETA: Oh no I see MadisonBelle's yard do the same, phew
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TarrSteps
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Re the walking on the track at shows . . this can also be discipline specific. I know some sj venues with very small collecting rings that have people walk on the track so the inside is free for people jumping and they don't have to thread through walking horses to get to the jumps. Quite sensible. I've also seen the same for dressage at higher levels, where people are doing more lateral work, although generally at that level everyone can sort out left to left or make an individual plan.
You can also use your voice, too! Either to tell someone you are coming up from behind on the rail, say, or to tell them where you are going if it's not clear.
If I'm at home and there are only a few people in the school I'll often ask what people want to do with left to left as the baseline. So if someone is doing fitness work, say, they can have the track to go around, or if someone is going to work on changes I know to look out for them coming across the diagonal and not get in the way.
As has been said, a lot of it is just general politeness. My personal bugbear is people who don't make it clear what they're doing or where they're going and then give a massive grumbling sigh when someone gets in their way or they virtually take their horse's teeth out "avoiding" someone they could easily have let go through or avoided with a bit of forethought. It's easy to get annoyed with people who are in the way but it's always worth having a word with them - maybe they genuinely do not understand? Or at least you might be able to guilt them into being more polite.
You can also use your voice, too! Either to tell someone you are coming up from behind on the rail, say, or to tell them where you are going if it's not clear.
If I'm at home and there are only a few people in the school I'll often ask what people want to do with left to left as the baseline. So if someone is doing fitness work, say, they can have the track to go around, or if someone is going to work on changes I know to look out for them coming across the diagonal and not get in the way.
As has been said, a lot of it is just general politeness. My personal bugbear is people who don't make it clear what they're doing or where they're going and then give a massive grumbling sigh when someone gets in their way or they virtually take their horse's teeth out "avoiding" someone they could easily have let go through or avoided with a bit of forethought. It's easy to get annoyed with people who are in the way but it's always worth having a word with them - maybe they genuinely do not understand? Or at least you might be able to guilt them into being more polite.