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Do it mostly in trot if possible, run on either side of the horse, changing when you can and remember to ‘HAVE FUN’<\/p>\n


\n1) Hula Hoop over horses head
\n<\/strong>Take this slowly, make sure you can put a hoop of rope over first, this can be quite scary to some horses!<\/p>\n

2) Trot through 2 poles on the ground, halt after poles, back up through poles and then trot through again<\/strong><\/p>\n

3) Horse to fig 8 around 2 barrels – handler to stand one side
\n<\/strong>Use any two obstacles, barrels are just bigger but cones, electric posts, tyres, cola bottles…whatever you have…this task is all about equality of draw\/drive<\/p>\n

4) Horse to trot through some form of arch, decorated if possible to represent tree branches
\n<\/strong>if you happen to have two trees close together with branches then fab, if not then try using some old water\/drainage pipe with wood in the sides OR whatever you used for a curtain last month would be good but with maybe soft tree branches or plastic flowers around the edges! be creative but keep it safe<\/p>\n

5) Horse to push a ball 10′
\n<\/strong>Horse can use front feet or nose, any size ball from a large tennis ball to a NH ball…your choice<\/p>\n

6) Small jump and halt within 2 strides after jump
\n<\/strong>Try to just use your energy\/breathing for this task, see if your horse and you are connected!<\/p>\n

7) Horse to circle around you in walk or trot
\n<\/strong>This goes together with task 8….circle inside the cone circle then go to task 8 afterwards<\/p>\n

8) Horse to weave around cones put out in a circle around you\u00a0 – walk or trot
\n<\/strong>6 cones works well. Again this is about connection, draw and drive in equal doses<\/p>\n

9) Walk through a labyrinth of poles
\n<\/strong>Takes 6 poles, keep them a good distance apart and work over the year on making those distances smaller<\/p>\n

10) Horse trot to halt and then familiarisation with an umbrella
\n<\/strong>You may only be able to walk around horse with umbrella closed. You may be able to work on opening\/closing umbrella by horses side. Ultimately you want to be able to open\/close umbrella pretty close to horse whilst walking around him\/her.<\/p>\n