About a year ago on COTH someone asked about home made cavaletti and there was a link to some children’s potty chairs that were very inexpensive and looked like they would work great. I have searched but can’t seem to find the post. (I am however very technically challenged)! I searched “potty chairs” on Amazon and there are about a zillion of them, none that looked like they would work though. Does anyone remember this post or did you purchase them and might still have the link?
Yes, the ones from Ikea are great. There may not be cavaletti in most dressage tests, but I still find them extremely valuable from a training standpoint.
We use upside-down plastic flower boxes designed for deck railing to raise poles for trot work (with a standard pole across). They are much easier to move than standard cavalletti.
RPM I have made them. Used them for years. They are heavy and I got tired of moving them. I think Ingrid would beg to differ.They are a great way to change things up instead of the same old circles and circles and circles.
Whaaaaaat?! Cavalletis are great for every horse to train on from time to time. Ezample If you want a bigger trot, poles are great for getting the horse to stretch a bit.
you should Google around a bit, lotsl of great dressage with cavalletis…
https://www.google.no/amp/s/dressagetoday.com/.amp/instruction/fitness-balance-cavalletti-26781
Dressage doesn’t use cavaletti in competition, no, but I’ve seen any number of articles and books over the years emphasizing the value of caveletti work in developing the dressage horse? Reiner Klimke even co-authored a book on the topic. If it’s important to a multi-gold medal winning dressage rider/trainer, I don’t see how you can say dressage “doesn’t use cavaletti, anyway.” Doesn’t use hill work and hacking outside an arena, either, but many find those things very valuable in their training program.
Regarding “why not make cavaletti”, the barn where I board has Ye Olde type to which you refer, as well as poles-and-risers, just as a factor of accumulated materials over the years. Poles-and-risers seem to be generally easier to move around and store when not in use, and last longer because there aren’t attachment points to wear out.
have you ever built them? I made 4 ends because I had the scrap wood to make them. It was a huge PITA and would have been more expensive than the potties if I’d had to buy all the wood. Bot everyone has access to a shop and power tools, or the inclination to use them.
