- Be ready for the judge between the cones, have your horse's nose centered on cone 2.
- Trot straight away and stop with your horse's nose at cone 2, allowing yourself enough room to perform the 180.
- Walk around cone 3 and IN LINE with the judge when you stop. Your horse's nose should be even with cone 3 when you stop.
- Back a 1/4 circle, stopping with your horse's nose even with cone 3.
- FOLLOWING your back tracks (so you should be trotting on the same steps you backed,)trot around cone 3 and to the judge, stopping with enough room to perform your 270 at the end of the pattern.
- Upon dismissal, perform a 270, give a courtesy look and trot away.
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That is one heck of a pattern! my friend wants to go to congress this year and I am hoping to tag along! My horse and I are slowly getting better at showmanship and I love coming here and reading up on way to improve. Can I actually ask you a question?? when ever I pivot my horse he seems to 'bow' around me by moving his neck away a little and not staying straight. I have had people tell me he is dropping his shoulder but how do I get him to pick it up then?
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