Row 1 Left: Here’s Zelador walking forwards through the “L”. At the end he halts and the rider rings the bell. The next step is to back through the “L”. Right: Sophie Lapin riding Kye sideways over the pole. At the highest level of competition the World Champion, Oxidado, did a canter full-pass for this obstacle. Row 2 Left: Zelador is doing the slalom. The first pole is on the horse’s right side. Right: Spring Song with the rider placing the garrocha pole and the ring in the barrel. Row 3 Left: Sophie Kalpin is riding Kye around the pen. The “animal” in the middle is a very large toy bunny. In competitions there are live animals in the pen, often baby chicks or ducks. At one competition Kimberly rode around an adult turkey. Right: Spring Song on the bridge. Row 4 Left: Zelador understands the garrocha pole routine perfectly. He’s all business as the rider heads for the ring. Right: Zelador is at the gate obstacle. A cloth or rope gate is quite common at a competition because erecting a wooden gate can be very time-consuming, costly and create holes in the ground for sturdy posts. Often the posts are only needed for the event and have to be removed afterwards. All of these factors led to the simpler cloth/rope construction.