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Summary: Taking your horse over a ground pole on a trot is a good warm up for challenge courses. Practice getting your horse ready for jumps with a riding instructor in this free challenge course video.
Mara Keith-Hunter is a lifelong equestrian and head coach for the Hampshire College equestrian team. She rode in the Intercollegiate National Horse Show for both the University of...read more
"Next we'll be warming up over trot poles. I'll start off with trot poles that are fairly spread apart and next come to these trot poles right together. I want to be focusing on maintaining an even trot rhythm while keeping her as straight as possible over the ground poles. And, the same two things apply over these, a straight and even rhythm. Then we'll do them back the other direction. (Demo) "
eHow Article: Trotting Over a Ground Pole