Ideas on flatwork/jumping exercises to do with my pony?
I have a pony and were hire an arena and we’re running out of flatwotk and jumping excercises to do. If you have any, could you please let me know? Many thanks.
Weel as for flatwork- make cool shapes like serpentines and triangles (they can be kinda challenging because of the corners) do those in all the gaits. Also my trainer did this think were you trot along the long side of the arena- but ride about 5 ft away from the rail. ask your pony to move close by crossing her feet instead of just going headfirst! The final flatwork would be asking to pick up canter from a walk, trot, and standstill position. Then ask for an immediate halt from the canter, then an immediate walk from the canter. Transitions are alway good for you and you pony!
As for jumping- make the jumps different heights and make courses with sharp turns and random weird patterns. I know some of these are hard to understand. but I’m not the best explainer either. Good Luck and have fun! =D
if you have cones, you can set them up in a cool shape, and then make up a pattern to ride. for example, sitting trot from cone 1 to cone 2, canter in a semi-circle to cone 3, halt, then back up 4 steps….
patterns are really fun!
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weaving and bending using poles or pots, balance exercises, jumping grids etc
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Weel as for flatwork- make cool shapes like serpentines and triangles (they can be kinda challenging because of the corners) do those in all the gaits. Also my trainer did this think were you trot along the long side of the arena- but ride about 5 ft away from the rail. ask your pony to move close by crossing her feet instead of just going headfirst! The final flatwork would be asking to pick up canter from a walk, trot, and standstill position. Then ask for an immediate halt from the canter, then an immediate walk from the canter. Transitions are alway good for you and you pony!
As for jumping- make the jumps different heights and make courses with sharp turns and random weird patterns. I know some of these are hard to understand. but I’m not the best explainer either. Good Luck and have fun! =D
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me and my OTTB- they get bored so easily its rediculious!!! lol.
ground polls
raised ground polls
courses,
differnt types of courses
small jumps
weaving
see how manny strides you can fit into one line!
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well, these are all fun and entertaining for the pony, why not try:
- weaving in and out of cones
- Pirouettes
- Neck – reining
- Jumping different heights, angles and shapes around the arena
- halt to trot
- or halt to canter
- small circles at C and A (in trot or canter)
- backward reining
There are lots more!
ooohh and my favourite!! Definatly do lots of bareback riding. i love jumping and galloping bareback – sure you might fall off but i never have becasue i trust my horse (and she is a gypsy cob so shes very wide!)
Dont know the breed of your pony so it might not be up to any of the things listed up there – so try and see for your self! Trust your horse, it knows what its doing!
Have fun! hope i helped! xxx
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