Figure of 8

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Size

Poney B Poney C Poney D Horse

Discipline

Ground poles Jumping

Gait

Walk Trot Canter

Number of strides

Distance

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Type of session

Cavalettis Medium

Work area

Arena

Necessary equipment

12 Poles 10 Cavalettis

Goal(s)

To stay consistent in the gaits and achieve neat transitions with a focus on encouraging the horse to pick up it's feet.

Process

A set of trot poles leading up to a set of raised poles. Round in a figure eight motion, picking up the canter over a canter pole to two raised poles and back to a canter pole. then returning to trot and approaching the first line of poles.

Difficulties

Getting upwards and downward transitions at the right time to set the horse up for success over the poles.

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