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    Poles that pack a punch

    Mar 04, 2021 5 minutes
    PHOTOS: PETER NIXON

    MEET THE TRAINER

    NINA GILL is a BHS Stage Four senior coach who lives in Warwickshire and runs Fancy Footwork Equestrian. She holds regular pole work and gridwork clinics and challenges at locations around the UK. Nina is kindly supported by PolyJumps and Equi-blinguk. Find Fancy Footwork Poles and Grids on Facebook.

    ADDING POLES TO simple exercises like circles, serpentines and shallow loops instantly spices up a schooling session. It highlights poorly ridden lines, late turns, loss of rhythm and balance, and how well you give aids and your horse reacts to them — plus much more.

    All of these errors cost vital marks in the dressage arena and working on them begins at home. Inject new life into your training with the following pole work patterns from BHS Stage Four coach Nina Gill. We promise you’ll both work

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