Training time with our Shetland Ponies: TV Episode 479
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It’s training time with our Shetland Ponies as we get ready for the new season, starting next weekend, at Shetland Pony Club.
The winter holidays are over and the team and ponies are getting ready to start riding again. All the children will be arriving soon, so the ponies need to practice with the team, in preparation for 2 March, opening day.
Training Time
Liz, a BHS Accredited Coach, is training the team with lots of exercises. They practice getting the ponies to walk nicely, to halt and back through some poles, followed by a lovely scratch - pony speak for “well done!”.
Natural Horsemanship teaches great manners
The ponies and team learn to halt by a cone, then stop precisely, with one foot over a pole. They love pleasing their staff member and are rewarded naturally, with a good scratch as their mother would give them in the wild.
Brulee’s brilliant back-up
Once those skills have been mastered, the ponies learn to go backwards through some poles. Crème Brulee is an old hand at this. Watch him show us how it’s done, in this week’s video.
One week to go before we open
There’s just over one week to go before we open for riding again, on 2 March 2024. If you’d also like to join the team and ponies with your child, and to start riding, bookings are now open online here.
Watch the video to find out more.
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We can’t wait to see you for riding again.
From Rosemary, Liz, Libbie, the Team, and all the ponies at Shetland Pony Club
P.S. Bookings for riding at Shetland Pony Club are filling up fast, and we start riding again on 2 March 2024.
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