Spider flier

You don’t need a whole course of fences to refine your jumping skills and our awesome spider jump set-up proves exactly that! With one simple layout and two different exercises, you can put your pony to the test and have your best-ever jumping session.

Set it up

All you need for this layout is four poles, four wings and a block. Position the block over X, or in the middle of the area you’re riding in, then place the four poles to make a cross with your block as the middle point. Next, put one wing at the end of each pole to raise them into small uprights.

Exercise one – loop the loop

Aim of the game: To encourage your pony to bend and to use your seat to direct him around the turns.

How to ride it

1. Pick up a positive, forward canter. Look up towards fence 1 before you make the turn towards it, turning your upper body to guide your pony. Squeeze your inside rein to ask your pony to bend and use your outside rein to support his shoulder through the turn.
2. Keep your eyes up and ride straight towards the fence with an even rein contact, while squeezing with both of your legs.
3. Pop over the jump and slightly shift your weight into your left stirrup and start to look left.
4. To turn your pony, open your left rein, keep your left leg on the girth and move your right leg back slightly, while closing your right rein against his shoulder. Turn your shoulders and look where you want to go, too.
5. As you finish the loop, ride straight towards fence 2 – repeat steps two, three and four as you ride through the rest of the exercise.
6. As you land after fence 4, keep your body facing forwards and ride straight ahead until you’ve returned to the track. Then give your pony a big pat to say well done

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