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Trail Obstacles

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Week1: Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Week1: Firday, June 5 2026

Week 2: Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Week 2; Friday, June 12, 2026

Week 4: Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Week 4: Friday, July 24, 2026

Week 5: Tuesday, July 31, 2026

Week 5: Friday, July 3, 2026

Week 6: Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Week 6: Friday, July 10, 2026

Week 7: Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Week 7: Friday, July 17. 2026

Week 8: Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Week 8: Friday, July 24, 2026

Week 9: Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Week 9: Friday, July 31, 2026

Week 10: Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Week 10: Friday, August 7, 2026

Week 11: Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Week 11: Friday, August 14, 2026

Week 12: Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Week 12: Friday, August 21, 2026

Week 13: Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Week 13: Friday, August 28, 2026

Week 14: September 1, 2026

Week 14: September 4, 2026

Week 15: September 8, 2026

LEADership - Day 1 - Video 1 - Body Language

LEADership- Day 1 - Video 2 - The Exercise

LEADership - Day 2 - Video 3 -

LEADership - Day 2 - Video 4

LEADersghip - Day 3 - Video 6

LEADership - Exercise in the Saddle

VIDEO ASSIGNMENT: WEEK 2

Groundwork Overview

1. Sending Overview

2. Sending - Sending Horse out onto circle and your foot work

3. Disengage the Hindquarters

4. Connecting the Lead Rope to the Hindfoot

BONUS: Sending Position

BONUS: Sending Footwork

BONUS: Sending Common Mistakes

VIDEO ASSIGNMENT: WEEk 3

1. Move Over

2. Beginning with a Pole

3. Sidepass a Pole

BONUS: Big John learning to Move Over

Week 4: Assignment

1. Backing Intro

2. Backing In Time with the Feet

3. Backing Tips for Dullness

4. Back a Corner Exercise

Leadership on the Ground

1. Move the Shoulders Over

2. Direct a Friend's Feet

3. Back, Back, Move the Forehand Over

4. Move the Forehand Over

Ground Work - Putting All the Pieces Together!

1. Connecting the Rope to the Front Foot

2. GW Intro

3. Applying the 5 GW Pieces we have learned + Problem Solving GW

4. Foot Falls & Pivots Overview

5. Sending Between You & the Fence

Teaching a Horse to Pickup Feet

Tye Your Horse Safely

"Hooking-On" - Hooking On Hattie

"Hooking-On" - Technical

Overview

1. Applying Groundwork to Trail Obstacles: SENDING

2. Applying Groundwork to Trail Obstacles: HIND QUARTERS and BACKING

3. Applying Groundwork to Trail Obstacles: SIDE PASSING and FOREHAND

Instructions

1. Forward Freely Intro

2. Fast Walk

3. Tiptoe Walk

4. Developing the Trot.

1. Intro

2. Disengage the Hindquarters

3. Disengage the Hindquarters in a Circle

1. Intro

2. Side Passing Basics

3. Side Passing Logs

4. The Leg Yield

Understanding the Bit

Intro to Backing in the Saddle

Backing with Timing & Feel

Warming Up on the Ground

Backing A Circle - Start on the Ground

Riding Exercises to Prepare for the Back

Backing Straight Through Poles

Backing a Quarter Circle

Learn to Back An "L"

ASSIGNMENT

1. Groundwork Review

2. How the Steps Ft Together

3. Cues

4. Learning to move the Forehand Out of the Backup (Method 1)

5. The Reverse Square

6. Walk in a circle, pickup the front foot and move it over. (Method 2)

Back, Back, Over

7. Back a 1/4 Circle and Move the Front Foot Over

8. Moving the Forehand Over Leads to Pivoting on the Hindquarters

ASSIGNMENT

Bonus: Schooling Pivots

ASSESSMENT

Groundwork in the Saddle

Putting the Pieces Together