Cavaletti Poles

[SharonA]

Could anyone share the proper approximate distance at which to space cavalettis for a 15h horse at the walk or trot?

TIA.

[Petstorejunkie]

it depends on what you want to accomplish, the height of the cavaletti and the athleticism of the horse involved.
my guy is 15.1 and i space them anywhere between 3-5ft depending on what i'm doing.

[goeslikestink]

if its trotting poles its about one and half strides of your feet from the center of the 1st pole laid down if is canter poles its three times your stride of your feet from the 1st pole laid down if long striding its four shorting striding its three to adjust it is when you your incorrect on the 2nd element as it will be to close for a long strding horse

so if you move up to cantering -- and have 7 poles for exsample you remove 2 4 6
which gives you your canter pole line if you want to jump a small grid then you add a wing post or turn the calvaletti around to small jump

on 1 3 and 7 obviously not doing 3 and 7 till you jumped no1 a couple of times so when exit the centre line you turn both left and right at the end same to as when you enter the line
then add 3 repeat then add 7 so each time you have a canter stride before the fence until last fence up you have now repeat the exercise the other way so 7 becomes no 1 and so on

[joiedevie99]

I set trot poles at 4.5' to start, canter poles at 9'. After the horse has been through a few times I adjust if necessary for their average stride. Then, you can lengthen or shorten from there to work on whichever you need to.

[Mallard]

if its trotting poles its about one and half strides of your feet from the center of the 1st pole laid down if is canter poles its three times your stride of your feet from the 1st pole laid down if long striding its four shorting striding its three to adjust it is when you your incorrect on the 2nd element as it will be to close for a long strding horse


This method of 'striding' out your distances is just not a good way to measure accurately.
I am 5' tall. My stride is a lot shorter than my friend who is 5'10".
It is best to use a tape measure and get the distance correct!

[JB]

Generally, 3' for walking, 4-4.5' for trotting. But, in the end it entirely depends on the horse's natural stride.

"one and half strdies of your feet" - what does that mean? Big stride? Short stride? Normal stride? A measured and practiced 3' stride? Strides are like scoops - they mean nothing without some context.