Working Equitation Have a Go Clinic With Lynne Macleod

The British Horse Society South West

 

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BHS Gloucestershire invite you to have a go at Working Equitation. This clinic is open to any rider on any type of horse and is a different and fun way of training. Your coach will by Lynne Macleod the 2021 & 2022 National Champion. Lynne loves to show how Working Equitation can help you develop a better training partnership with your horse. The sport of Working Equitation is the ultimate outcome of the development of the horse as a working animal. It is often associated with the Iberian breeds, but is open and suitable to every breed of horse. Here in the UK we see a huge variety of breeds competing. Horses were originally domesticated and trained for farming and herding purposes, work which required them to respond to their rider whatever terrain and difficulties they may face. The sport is a highly refined and sophisticated demonstration of these activities, but with the added required quality of elegance and speed of execution. Working Equitation comprises 3 phases - Dressage, Ease of Handling, Speed and at International level, cattle penning. THE DRESSAGE PHASE is much like that of a normal dressage test although some of the movements are performed slightly differently. At the highest level it involves some Grand Prix movements being performed with the use of just one hand. THE EASE OF HANDLING TEST consists of a course of obstacles, replicating those that may be found when working in the countryside. For example, a gate, a bridge and a jump. There are also other more technical obstacles such as the parallel slalom, straight slalom and barrels all of which at Advanced level require the horse and rider to perform flying changes in specific places in order to perform the obstacle correctly. Riders are given a mark out of ten for precision, submission and ease of movement for each obstacle. THE SPEED TEST involves some or all of the same obstacles tackled in the ease of handling test but is purely marked on the time it takes for the horse and rider to complete the course. Time faults and bonuses can occur according to specific obstacles. Working Equitation is a real test of the horses temperament and training, the riders skill and ability and of course the relationship between horse and rider.