Your schooling 'routine'

[111ex111]

when you school, do you plan what your going to do before you go in the school or do you just do whatever? how do you warm up/cool down. do you have a certain exercise you always do?

 

[peaceandquiet1]

I always walk for about 5 mins then warm up in trot and canter. I will use the schooling time to work on something specific or ride through any tests which are coming up. I try to remember the things my trainer would say as we work to help me correct anything. I will walk again at the end. I don't have a particular plan, I adapt to how my horse is feeling on the day, weather conditions, time I have, etc.

 

[Klix]

I dont have a specific routine however I always walk 10 mins before trotting/lateral work and always cool down for 10 mins both on long reins. I also work long and low 5 mins before cooling down to stretch her back and neck

 

[NikkiF]

Walk for at least 5 mins, on a reasonably long rein, getting to stretch, then same in trot and canter. Take up the reins and do some lateral work in walk, then trot. Now he's listening and warmed up, either work on things we did in last lesson, run through some parts of upcoming tests. Also do loads of transitions, hate seeing people just trotting round and round. Make sure cool off properly, letting stretch down in trot and then walk.

Now have to admit that's what I used to do, as big lad can only hack now

 

[Shutterbug]

If we have nothing specific to work on - walk for about 10 mins with no stirrups - lets us both have a stretch. Take up the reins and work up to some collected walk, then trot and finally canter on both reins. We do some serpentines, big to small circles and vice versa, maybe some canter pole work and then have a walk for 10 mins without stirrups to stretch out and cool down.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I drag horse across the field. Flick a brush over it. Take it up. Climb up the fence to hope on. Mooch along on a long rein for 10-15mins depending on which horse i am on then pick up and engage for a further 5-10mins before moving into trot or canter. My horses do alot of half halts, leg yeilding, flying changes, serpentines, spirals and extensions and collections of each pace. And then to finish, as bit of a hair let down, we play cowboys and indians and round up all of the shetlands in the field and collect the feed buckets with the walking stick I leave on the fence - no mean feat from 17hh tb's Then we mooch along on a long rein again to cool down sufficiently.

Every schooling session has fun in it, different things every time and I will also throw buckets out across the place along with poles on the ground and use them as obsticles to be bended round, weaved, worked to and from etc. My horses never get bored - the shetlands do occasionally get fed up with being rounded up but half the time they decide that it's play time and buck, squeal and bugger about too

 

[Antw23uk]

I drag horse across the field. Flick a brush over it. Take it up. Climb up the fence to hope on. Mooch along on a long rein for 10-15mins depending on which horse i am on then pick up and engage for a further 5-10mins before moving into trot or canter. My horses do alot of half halts, leg yeilding, flying changes, serpentines, spirals and extensions and collections of each pace. And then to finish, as bit of a hair let down, we play cowboys and indians and round up all of the shetlands in the field and collect the feed buckets with the walking stick I leave on the fence - no mean feat from 17hh tb's Then we mooch along on a long rein again to cool down sufficiently.

Every schooling session has fun in it, different things every time and I will also throw buckets out across the place along with poles on the ground and use them as obsticles to be bended round, weaved, worked to and from etc. My horses never get bored - the shetlands do occasionally get fed up with being rounded up but half the time they decide that it's play time and buck, squeal and bugger about too

I like your style

 

[Goldenstar]

I have a plan always short term medium term and long term although I admit to wooly long term planning at the moment which is in the wait and see with that at the moment .
The only time I get on my horse without a plan is when I hack out with my husband .
That's how I as trained , always with horses have a plan.