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The blog with patterns to practice showmanship with! These patterns may not be used for publishing or resale, however feel free to copy them for your own personal use!
I'll post my findings on these as we practice them ourselves! Happy practicing and we'll see you in the show pen!

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Pattern 8, Intermediate



Directions

  1. Walk from cone 1 to cone 2
  2. Trot around cone 2 and stop
  3. Perform a 360 turn and trot to judge
  4. Stop and set up for inspection
  5. After dismissal, back 4 steps and perform a pull turn and walk away

Findings

  1. Begin with your horse in line with the judge at cone 1
  2. Trot an EVEN circle (difficult to do, so practice this lots!) around cone 2, stopping so that you are in line with the judge
  3. Be sure to complete your turn before trotting off to the judge
  4. After inspection back straight and begin your pull turn, remember after you've done your back, that you may have to pull your horse slightly forward so that your horse's right foot crosses over the left foot correctly and the left pivot foot sticks (again, another thing to practice until you get it).
  5. Do not over/under turn and walk away briskly

1 comment:

pashel said...

Interesting pattern! Trotting a perfect circle would definitely be a challenge.

Is there any way you can include the written instructions on the pattern itself so it all prints out together?