PoleWork Exercises

This Pole Work exercise will help you in many different areas with your horse.

• Using the tramlines (which can be moved closer to make it harder) you can work on a semi circle/full circle, work on suppleness in movement, and straightness through the tramlines.

• Transition work, using the poles or squares as trigger points to move up or down a pace, keeping in sync with the poles and tram lines

• Creating smaller circles across the squares, using them to strengthen flexibility

This pole work exercise creates multiple exercises in one session

• Using the tramlines to create straightness, making the narrower or wider as you go

• Create a figure of 8 loop into the box

• Use the box in the middle for transitioning up and down

• Use the box/poles in the middles to engage in teaching your horse flying changes

Use this pole set up to engage your horses rear end

• straight lines across the grids, making the tramlines narrower each time

• Circle out using the points of the fence, gets your horse bending and looking

• use a 3 loop serpentine coming in over the points to help with straightness, suppleness and control

This pole set up is an easy starter

• Use boxes for transitions up and down

• Grids for straightness

• Create large to small circles using each end of the T

• Use the boxes to help aid turn on the forehands

• Loops, bends and circles all help with suppleness

This exercise will help with bending and control

• Using the turns to create suppleness through the entire horse

• Using circles on each corner to create energy and lifting

• Straight across each end

This exercise is a brilliant starter

• Builds rhythm and straightness

• Uses different directions across the heart

• Creates bending in the middle, using different entry and exit points

Lots to do here!

• Bending and controlling the movement

• Transitioning through

• Circles, straightness and flexibility

• elevation and coordination, exercises like leg yielding etc

The spaceship is a great way to introduce circles to a horse

• balanced feel throughout each movement

• use the points to create an 8 style movement

• use the arrow heads for a circle, and straightness through the square

• transitions from diagonals

Great exercise for straightness and elevation

• straightness through the trams

• elevation across the triangles

• nice pacing the whole way through

Great exercise for pacing, control and gridwork

• using different striding you can make this into single strides, bounces etc

• the diagonals can be used for leg yielding

• raised poles, and jumps can be applied to this