Spanish Mustang: Progression to First Fence

Last week, we began with cavaletti spaced four feet apart.

First we walked over the pile of cavalettis.

Then we trotted over a pile of cavalettis and I encouraged Indy to canter afterward. He had some difficulty taking this lead and the cavalettis have really helped.

Canter over the cavalettis.

We did this in both directions.

This week, we proceeded to ground rails and an “x.”