Elite Horsemanship's 15 Rides - Horse Training Course

GROUNDWORK & GETTING BACK ON

Ride 1 - Arena familiarisation & GW

Ride 2 - Ground Work with Tack Intro

Ride 3 - Ground Work with Tack & Mounting

Ride 4 - Ground Work with Tack, Mount up, Sit & Relax

Ride 5 - GW, Mount up, Sit, follow nose & front foot steps

HORSE FITNESS & MOMENTUM

Ride 6 - GW Lunge, Ride small circles at walk & trot

Ride 7 - GW Lunge Obstacles, Small circles & straight lines

Ride 8 - GW Lunge Obstacles, Walk/Trot patterns

Ride 9 - GW Lunge, Trot Day

Ride 10 - GW Lunge, Extended Trot Day

RIDDEN SESSIONS - TROT/PATTERNS/CANTER

Ride 11 - GW Lunge, Extended Trot & Body Control

Ride 12 - GW Lunge canter, Extended Trot into Canter straight line

Ride 13 - GW Lunge canter, Trot to Canter patters

Ride 14 - GW Lunge canter, advanced patterns & roll back intro

Ride 15 - Full program GW, straight line work with extension, patterns

Ride 9 – GW Lunge, Trot Day

Ride 9 – Focus Points

Lunging with Pole
Small circles with increase/decrease
Halt & Back up
Travers & hip control
Now TROT. TROT. TROT!
Straight line trot work – lengthen
Squares & Rectangles at Trot
Circles at the trot
Avoid breaking into canter – get the trot fitness up