Let's drive each other round the bend :)

[newforest]

The s bend.
It's one of my weak points. Not sure on her so much as we haven't really done it.
Introduced her to the idea. Did it inhand, purposely used the fence and made it big.



Show me yours.
I failed at trec so my thinking is it's me because I was riding a dressage horse at the time.

 

[domane]

Raising them up made them so much harder in my mind!



In practise we went clear. Under the timed pressure of competing, we knocked a pole off.

 

[Jessey]

Jess could never see the point in backing through them in a zig zag, she would do the first 180 but loose interest by the 2nd one

 

[newforest]

Raising makes them easier in my mind. I need to find a way of deciding the width- whilst being generous for now.
I wouldn't see the point in backing either. I probably could try it once just to see if she could though.

 

[orbvalley]

Mine used to be stiff on her right side so lots of bendy training has made her extra supple, so much so that she's now stiff on her left side!!

 

[Star the Fell]

I’m pinching this idea!

 

[Jessey]

I wouldn't see the point in backing either. I probably could try it once just to see if she could though.

I just assumed they were being backed though as that's what we do in western trail classes, don't think I've ever tried forwards

 

[domane]

It had never occurred to me to try backwards....G can't back straight (another obstacle was backing straight through a pair of parallel lines made our if pool noodles - we failed!) so she might be better at the S bend!

 

[Native Lover]

I’m pinching this idea!

I am pinching it too

 

[Lissie]

We have to zig zag through woods out hunting, sometimes really tight and you have to be careful of branches, and she always seems to see the best way through and suddenly becomes very supple. Yet in the school, nope neck of iron I wouldn't try doing that exercise backwards with Lottie in the school, she's not schooled so I think it would confuse her.

 

[joellie]

I need to buy more poles to try this, I only have 4 poles lol plus I have to wait til riding condtions improve but I will deffo be doing this

 

[newforest]

I just assumed they were being backed though as that's what we do in western trail classes, don't think I've ever tried forwards

Ha ha. Give it a go.
For trec it's forwards but I did do backwards previously with other lad.

 

[newforest]

I need to buy more poles to try this, I only have 4 poles lol plus I have to wait til riding condtions improve but I will deffo be doing this

I haven't set it up quite right above. But I have seen people do it with cones or a line of sand. So maybe hunt around for something to use.
Line of snow.

 

[Jessey]

I haven't set it up quite right above. But I have seen people do it with cones or a line of sand. So maybe hunt around for something to use.
Line of snow.

We used to use flour, nice and bright to see and you can deny it if you step on it

 

[newforest]

We used to use flour, nice and bright to see and you can deny it if you step on it

Yes I can my yard loving me with that.

 

[Jessey]

Yes I can my yard loving me with that.

It disappears as soon as you touch it, we used to use it for comps as it wouldn't do any damage or anything to the arenas we hired so can't see why your yard wouldn't like it.

 

[Prjsmk]

Every time we do this, my cob purposely (im sure of it) destroys it!!! Because he looks so pleased afterwards and acts really proud and waits for a 'good boy' no PJ u arent supposed to destroy it! Oaf! When i was at the riding school we did a similar (or might have been the same) the riding school horse had done it so many times she just went ahead and did it and I basically just sat there

 

[newforest]

I start everything I teach her on the ground first. She is used to doing trotting poles and jumping from walk so I wanted her to be step and stop almost, this is something new.