Training

EXERCISES AND SEQUENCES

We have a selection of training ideas in our blog for chunking down the skills in Working Equitation obstacles, as well as putting a sequence together in preparation for riding a course of obstacles. These are being added from our previous site as time permits…

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webinars

A webinar series on obstacles is available for $50NZD. You will receive over five hours of video materials showing a selection of riders doing the Rope Gate, Stockpen, Double Slalom, Bell Corridor, Side Step and Halt over Pole with observations by Maree McAteer on specific training issues and how to resolve them. Please email entries@virtualworkingequitation.com for details of the three webinars.

Short Training CLIPS

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OUR IDEAS BLOG

Comments From Maree McAteer

Comments and tips from the Virtual Working Equitation Competitors Facebook group by Maree McAteer and her webinar with Wendy Murdoch discussing the Working Equitation discipline.

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riding up to the halt

Here is a challenge to work on shortening steps and riding up to the halt. This exercise involves slowing and reducing the length of steps before the halt, which will help the horse come to a balanced halt. Instead of leaning into the halt and dropping the chest, the aim of the exercise is to…

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3 Obstacle Course

Training exercise for navigation, preparation and transitions, straightness, turns, and halts.

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Walk-Canter Straightness Diagonals

Here is an exercise for developing your transitions between walk and canter. In a walk to canter transition the horse needs to load the back legs for springing up into the canter. This is useful for developing a balanced transition preventing the horse from being able to move faster and fall into the canter from…

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