SCHOOLING solutions
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
● Tips to help youget competition ready
● How to lengthenand shorten ahorse's stride
● Easy ways to simulate a full course using just a fewpoles
MANY EQUESTRIANS REALISE that a handful of poles can be put to very good use by crafting them into a simple grid and playing around with this to hone a horse's straightness, rhythm, balance and rideability.
In this series (Your Horse, January/ February, Training, Schooling Solutions) the emphasis has been on keeping everything cool, calm and confidence-boosting while building the skills needed to go clear over a course using just a few poles on the ground.
Now that the competition season is looming, showjumper and trainer Antonia Platt builds on these basics in this lesson with eventer Miranda Darby, as well as demonstrating how to mentally and physically prepare to return to the ring
