horse agility how to #6 - The International Horse Agility Club

HORSE AGILITY HOW TO #6
NEW STARTER COURSE AT TROT with 10 obstacles.
FROM START TROT TO
1. Narrow gap, About 1m wide by
3m long handler passes through gap
with horse at trot stops with front
feet just beyond gap. The gap can
be made of anything safe tyres,
barrels, jump wings etc freestanding
as in the picture or against a wall or
fence.
2. Back up. Back horse through the same narrow gap as in 1. using any
method.
FROM BACK UP TROT TO AND
THROUGH
3. The May flower arch. Trot through the
arch with the horse. Arch is made from
pipe, poles or otherwise and decorated
with real or pretend flowers and greenery.
Let your imagination go wild!
TROT TO AND THROUGH
4. Weave through cones or
poles at TROT with smooth style
and loose rope! The shape of the
rope should never change.
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TROT FROM THE WEAVE OVER
THE POLE AND STOP
5. Back over pole
Handler trots horse over a single pole
on the ground until his front feet are
just across the pole
then back him over the pole.
Using any method to back the horse.
TROT TO AND THROUGH
6. Scary Corner The aim is for the
horse to pass through a scary corner in a
safe manner at trot, he may be alert but
not behaving dangerously.
TROT TO THEN WALK
THROUGH
7. The Bottle Bank. Covered area
can be any shape as long as the
horse walks through it.
See below for how to build.
8. Jump, any design
At a low height.!
Horse to jump handler may or may
not. Higher marks if you pass over
or beside the jump at the same time
as the horse!
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TROT TO AND THROUGH
9 Pass through curtain,
Curtain is down or up, your choice.
The curtain frame is made from plastic
push together plumbing pipe, the
curtain is butcher’s shop fly curtain
but you could use a cut up old shower
curtain!!
TROT TO THE WATER
FEATURE AND WALK
OVER
10. Walk over the water feature
the handler may walk through
water or not but horse must stay
on water feature as he crosses.
FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO BUILD THE WATER
FEATURE AND BOTTLE BANK PLEASE LOOK ON THE
NEXT PAGE.
Have fun! Stay safe!
This document has been drawn up as a guide. Horses can be
dangerous if not handled with care. Please wear suitable safety
clothing and build your obstacle course to suit the level you and
your horse are ready to tackle. The Horse Agility Club and it’s
agents advise that you wear a safety hat, gloves and suitable
footwear when handling horses.
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How to build the water feature and a bottle bank.
You will need four posts or poles about the same size
and a large tarpaulin with no holes.
Place one pole on the edge of the tarpaulin and roll it
up so that it forms an edge.
Do the same with the three remaining poles and three edges pulling up the
corners so that the water will not run out.
Fill the tarpaulin with just enough water to make
a ‘splash’ when the horse walks through.
And there you have an inexpensive and easy
water feature.
The Bottle Bank is made from a few
poles arranged in a shape that keeps the
bottles together. The bottles are squashed
plastic lemonade, pop or water bottles.
We used about 25 for this triangle 1.25m
(4ft) on each edge.
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MAY OLHA! STARTER CLASS 10 Obstacles each one marked out of ten to be done at Trot
This month’s course has a
few NEW obstacles please
see the notes for help in
building them.
6. Scarey corner, trot
through.
5.
Back over pole, front feet
only
8. Jump,
20cms,
7. Bottle bank.
Walk through area
filled with squashed plastic bottles.
12 ins high only!
Horse to jump handler may
or may not.
START
4. Weave through cones
9. Pass through
or poles at trot.
1.Trot through the gap
and stop with front feet
just beyond the end.
curtain which is up
or down.
2.Back through the gap
any method, horse not
too close.
10. Water feature, see course details for construction. Handler may
or may not enter water but horse
must cross it.
FINISH
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3.Trot through May
flower arch