5 ✖ 6, 7 4 9 10 TROT 3 8 OBJECTIVE: To be able to maintain control of 11 mount at the trot (posting or sitting) while ✖12 performing halts, turns, changes in direction, 2 and transitions to and from the walk. GOALS: 1 Describe the gait of the trot. • Walk Trot walk transition. Be able to properly ask for a trot. • 4. Before the turn, pick up the trot. Perform transitions to and from the walk. • 5. Circle at the end of the ring. Perform a simple pattern at the trot. • 6. After completion of circle, halt. RESOURCES: 7. Pick up the walk and proceed down the long Trotting: p. 39-40 side of the ring. Transitions: p. 42-43 8. Halfway down the long side, reverse using a ½ circle. EXAMPLE OF TROTTING PATTERN: (Downward transitions should be made through 10. Half way down the long side, change direc- the walk.) tion through the center of the ring. 1. Enter the ring at a walk; track left. 11. Trot 5-10 steps on the long side. 2. Trot down the long side. 12. Halt. 3. Halfway down the long side, make a trot-to-
5 ✖ 6, 7 4 9 TROT 8 OBJECTIVE: To be able to maintain control of mount at the trot (posting or sitting) while performing halts, turns, changes in direction, and transitions to and from the walk. GOALS: • Describe the gait of the trot. 10 3 11 ✖12 2 1 Walk Trot • Be able to properly ask for a trot. • Perform transitions to and from the walk. • Perform a simple pattern at the trot. RESOURCES: Trotting: p. 39-40 Transitions: p. 42-43 EXAMPLE OF TROTTING PATTERN: (Downward transitions should be made through the walk.) 1. Enter the ring at a walk; track left. 2. Trot down the long side. 3. Halfway down the long side, make a trot-to- walk transition. 4. Before the turn, pick up the trot. 5. Circle at the end of the ring. 6. After completion of circle, halt. 7. Pick up the walk and proceed down the long side of the ring. 8. Halfway down the long side, reverse using a ½ circle. 10. Half way down the long side, change direc- tion through the center of the ring. 11. Trot 5-10 steps on the long side. 12. Halt.
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