Ground poles are often underutilized but they can play a major role in turning your horse into an athlete. A little imagination combined with this versatile tool will make the most of your time in the arena.

Use the steps in this lesson plan for beginner trot poles to give students confidence whether you teach jumping, dressage, saddle seat, or western riding.

Pole pods for raising trotting poles

Right side. Trot poles to a bounce to a 3 stride to a 2stride. Left side. Trot poles to 5 bounces to a two stride.

Super easy trick for setting out trot and canter poles! These are @jump4joyshowjumps standard 3m poles. This distance works for most horses 14.2hh...

Olympian Ingrid Klimke is known for her positive horse training techniques, as well as her remarkable success in international competition. In this exercise from her forthcoming book TRAINING HORSE…

2 bags of Quick Crete from lows and 6 small flower pots from the dollae tree along with some PVC pipes we had laying around from a plumbing job and I made poles to practice pole bending the horses.

Mai & Goon 🐴 on Instagram: "Not going to lie I have a massive love hate relationship for pole work! 😅 ❌ Let’s start with the negative….. setting the poles up….. yep that’s the only negative 😂 ✅ Now for the positives! •Walking over ground and raised poles can be beneficial for horses in rehabilitation or as general strengthening work •Polework in walk helps increasing the limbs’ range of movement, strengthening musculature and improving balance and coordination. In trot, horses can be…