SCALES OF TRAINING
SET IT STRAIGHT
Learn how to ride accurate lines on your pony
Does your fave pony ever feel a little crooked while you’re riding him? Maybe he drops his shoulder to the inside, or pushes his hindquarters out when you’re on a circle? Well, we’ve got loads of awesome info on how you can t each him to become super-straig ht, which is the fifth scale of training !
TOP TIP
When you’re practising straight lines at home, put two jump blocks or cones at D and G to ride through. It’ll help you see if you’re riding accurately, and the smaller you make the gap, the harder it will be!
Straightness is a really important part of your pony’s schooling, but be sure to check out past issues of PONY mag to get to grips with the other scales of training, too. You can can buy the issues online. Visit: ponymag.com/shop
OFF THE SCALE
Even though straightness is high up on the scales of training, you still need to work on it early on in your pony’s schooling. This is because true straightness can take months or years to crack. It’s important that your pony learns to become straight so...