Once again, you should start by cantering over a single pole so that your horse isn't surprised by the exercise. When that is easy, you can add another pole several strides away.
It is generally assumed that the average horse's canter stride is about 12 feet long. Since a human step is around three feet long, we can determine that four human steps cover roughly the same distance as one horse canter stride.
This equation is important to keep in mind when setting up ground poles, or even walking a course. For your horse to successfully canter over poles, you should also consider the distance he needs for take-off and landing.
When working over ground poles, we assume that the horse needs one human step for landing from the first pole, then another human step when taking off for the second pole. Therefore, if you wanted to set two poles one stride apart, that would be about six human steps: one step for landing, four steps to roughly equal a stride, then one step for take-off. You can put as many strides as you would like between the two poles, just remember that each additional stride for the horse is about four human steps.
Once you have mastered cantering over a single pole, as well as two poles several strides apart, you can put multiple canter poles in a row. When setting up this exercise, there should be about three human steps between each pole. You can use as many or as few poles as you would like for this exercise. Placing several poles in a row can make the exercise more challenging for your horse, so don't lose sight of the basics as you work through this. Be sure that your horse is forward, straight, and balanced as he goes over the poles.
For any of the preceding exercises, you can raise the poles to create cavaletti once you feel confident enough to do so. This will ask for a bit more effort from your horse, which can eventually pay off in greater strength and flexibility.
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Carrot stretches With Mini Horslyx. They can be used for all types of horses and riding, and by changing their configuration they can be used at all three gaits. Trot poles are sometimes mistakenly called cavalletti and while there are times when use of trot poles and cavalletti are interchangeable they are not the same thing. Trot poles are usually wooden or PVC jump rails. They are not attached to anything on the ends allowing them to roll if they are bumped or stepped on.
Cavalletti are poles or rails, made of wood or PVC, that can be fixed to a block or an X at both ends allowing for 3 different heights. The ends also make the cavalletti more stable as it usually takes considerably more force than a hoof bump to move them.
Cavalletti are frequently built in foot sections and can be stacked for jumping. Because of their stability cavalletti are especially nice to have when riding alone or when working a dressage horse. Trot poles add variety and challenge, making lessons more interesting for students. Using the correct activities with trot poles, students will develop balance, feel and timing for strides, and strength in their legs and knees.
A search on Youtube will produce videos of riders using elaborate arrangements of many trot poles, but you only need 5 poles to introduce them in your lessons.
Traditionally trot poles are used in a grid. Inaccurate spacing will cause difficulty for horses and students. These lengths according to horse size are a guide. Our goal is to find the distance at which the lesson horse is most comfortable. Poles can be set a little bit closer together for the shorter stride of sitting trot or jog. Setting the poles farther apart than the normal stride will provide the opportunity for horses and riders to lengthen stride.
If you want to require the horse to shorten its stride try setting the poles closer than his normal stride.
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