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Title:Equine Notes Conference
Notice:Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:MTADMS::COBURNIO
Created:Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2080
Total number of notes:22383

134.0. "Unusual trail obstacles" by CTOAVX::IZZO () Thu Sep 18 1986 10:03

    I'm involved with the "putting together" of 3 shows every year.
    A thought has crossed my mind that perhaps I'm not alone, and that
    a collection of good/unusual trail obstacles might help us come
    up with more interesting trail classes.
    
    My favorites over the years include:
    
    1) a "bridge" painted florescent orange with a large black circle
       painted in the middle.  Looks to a horse like a bottomless whole
       in the bridge. 
    
    2) I once had to ride through a "path" that was lined rider-high
       with chickens in crates.
    
    I don't know about the rest of you, but I like a good challenge
    in a trail class...plain back-through's and side passes get boring.
    Got any more good ones to add?
    
    Ann
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134.1some suggestionsNONAME::NAJJARThu Sep 18 1986 13:2314
    Some that I have come across are:
    
    1. a sheet of clear or black plastic placed on the ground either
       on top of soft sand or straw. (edges held down with rocks or
       ground poles.  (some even had water on them)
    
    2. open, go thru, and close a gate.
    
    3. tires placed on the ground arranged for the horse to step in
       (or on)                                     
    
    4. Putting on & taking off a raincoat.
    
    (I'll try and remember some others)
134.2TRY SOME FOG!BAUCIS::MATTHEWThu Sep 18 1986 13:505
    
    	1) AS IN RE 1. CLEAR OR BLACK PLASTIC BUT USE DRY ICE AROUND
    THE SIDES TO SIMULATE FOG. ALOT OF HORSES WONT COME NEAR IT. THIS
    DIVIDES TO REAL TRAIL HORSES FROM THE 1/2 AND 1/2 ;^) !
    		WENDY J.
134.3BAUCIS::MATTHEWThu Sep 18 1986 13:5111
    
    	1) AS IN RE 1. CLEAR OR BLACK PLASTIC BUT USE DRY ICE AROUND
    THE SIDES TO SIMULATE FOG. ALOT OF HORSES WONT COME NEAR IT. THIS
    DIVIDES TO REAL TRAIL HORSES FROM THE 1/2 AND 1/2 ;^) !
    		WENDY J.
    
    
    			I ALMOST FORGOT TO ADD THE WATER
    
    					8^)
134.4Outhouses and all!ZEPPO::FOXMon Sep 22 1986 12:4712
    One of my favorites was one that we had to ride through a few years
    ago which involved dismounting, ground-tying the horse and then
    the rider proceeds to walk into a wooden out-house and pull the
    lever (complete with flushing sound) and then walk out and mount
    the horse.  It's really amazing how fast people can run to catch
    their horses even when they have chaps dragging!  It was a good
    safe obstacle for the trail class and it was an immense crowd pleaser!
    
    Also, similar to your chickens, at the Nationals they had a couple
    of llamas.  If anyone knows llamas then you know that they spit
    and can look mean.  They even psyche out the horses!
134.5Try foodSWAM2::MASSEY_VIFri Jul 17 1992 16:116
    I had ridden through one that involved a tack store set up.  You had to
    ground tie, go in the store, come out with a bunch of carrots, and
    remount, then put the carrots in a mail box.  You wouldn't belive how
    fast some horses learn to open mail boxes.
    
    vlm