I have recently joined the riding club at the RS I go to now and my first outing is tomorrow. It is low key, only intro and prelim tests and I'm doing Intro A.
We have practised the test in lessons and I think that is going to be fine. What I am less sure about is the warm up. I won't have the instructor, obviously, so it's up to me. I have mentally alocated 20 mins and have got some ideas in mind including 20m and 10 m circles in walk and trot, centre lines and plenty of transitions between paces ( the walk "one horses length and resume trotting" is probably the stickiest bit in the test) however any tips for making a warm up really effective?
I have picked my favourite horse. He is a smiley happy fellow, generally willing and pretty even on each rein. He can produce a super ride and work really nicely...when the rider does not hold him back!
This is my second ever outing of this type, so feeling really lacking in experience! I don't want to just go through the motions, I want to make sure I'm working properly, but won't have the eyes on the ground that I'm used to. Any tips gratefully received.
We have practised the test in lessons and I think that is going to be fine. What I am less sure about is the warm up. I won't have the instructor, obviously, so it's up to me. I have mentally alocated 20 mins and have got some ideas in mind including 20m and 10 m circles in walk and trot, centre lines and plenty of transitions between paces ( the walk "one horses length and resume trotting" is probably the stickiest bit in the test) however any tips for making a warm up really effective?
I have picked my favourite horse. He is a smiley happy fellow, generally willing and pretty even on each rein. He can produce a super ride and work really nicely...when the rider does not hold him back!
This is my second ever outing of this type, so feeling really lacking in experience! I don't want to just go through the motions, I want to make sure I'm working properly, but won't have the eyes on the ground that I'm used to. Any tips gratefully received.