Horses of Zachanox

13/03/2026

🐴🐴🐴 Do you want something simple to set up this weekend, but that still gives you a useful, varied and fun training session?
Here are 3 different exercises from this book!

💛 THE TWO-POLE TRAINING GUIDE – 170 EXERCISES is a real lifesaver on those days when you are too tired to build complex pole exercises, but still need something more than just an empty arena. Something that motivates both you and your horse and moves your training forward.

Available as:
👉 Printable Ebook (170 exercises always ready on your phone, or print them out and keep them in a binder or bring a sheet to the stable)

👉 Printed Book (choose between paperback or spiral binding)

https://zachanox.com/product/printable-e-book-the-two-pole-training-guide/

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THE EXERCISES IN THE IMAGES

SET UP
Place the poles on each quarter line (between the center line and the track). Distance between the poles: about 20 m (66 ft).

Here are three different exercises you can use the same poles for:

A
Ride along the track in any gait. At the corner letter, ride a leg-yield toward the first pole. Straighten the horse and ride straight forward along the pole. After the pole, ride another leg-yield toward the next pole. Straighten the horse and ride along the pole. Finish with a third leg-yield out to the corner letter.

This exercise is a good way to break the leg-yield into smaller parts so the horse maintains forward energy.

B
Ride a square over the poles so that each side is 20 m (66 ft). Ride straight lines with corner turns. One approach will be short (5 m / 16 ft from the fence) and the other longer (15 m / 49 ft), but with a short distance after the pole (5 m / 16 ft from the fence).

This exercise gives you good practice in maintaining a calm tempo and planning your line over the poles.

C
Ride a serpentine with three loops across the arena. If you come from the left rein, you will have a longer approach to each pole or obstacle with a short distance afterward. If you come from the right rein, the approaches will be shorter.

After practicing exercises B and C a few times, you can, if you wish, reposition the poles to train under the same conditions in both directions.

25/02/2026

This special cavaletti might make your horse look twice before crossing.
Have you tried it yet? 🧡

23/02/2026

🐴🐴🐴Getting ready for the new training season?
Then you might need some new exercises to make it more fun and engaging! Start with this course, or try one of the other 120 exercises and patterns in the 12-Series: 10 printable ebooks with 12 exercises each, organized by theme.
(Pssst! All exercises can be ridden at the walk with ground poles, even those designed for canter! 😉)

SET UP THE COURSE
The red-yellow poles in obstacle 4 are ground poles. Place a low cavaletti (approximately 20 cm or 8 in) diagonally across each pole, with 3-4 walk steps between each cavaletti.
Obstacle 3: Approximately 1 meter (3.3 ft) between each object.

INSTRUCTIONS
This course is designed for walking only. If you wish, you can incorporate trot moments where it suits you and your horse, such as over the poles in obstacle 5.
1. Walk straight over the blue-red poles and make a curve to create a good line over the green-yellow poles.
2. Make a small circle and ride through the pole corridor.
3. Continue walking straight through the next corridor, weaving around the cone corner and straight through the last pole corridor.
4. Ride straight through the cavaletti series, over the center of each "X."
5. Walk in a large figure eight over the poles.
6. Ride in rounded serpentine bows over the poles.
7. Finish by making a halt in the cone gate, with the horse's front legs between the cones.

This course also has a more advanced version. You’ll find both options in Creative Courses for Walk & Trot.
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The 12-Series includes 120 different exercises and courses, suitable for all kinds of horses, riders, disciplines, and levels. All distances are included in each ebook.
Link
Print them out and put them on the fridge, in the tack room, or on the arena wall. Collect them in a binder, or access them anytime on your phone.

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14/02/2026

How do you take care of yourself?
For me, Valentine’s Day is not just about romance. The Swedish name translates to “All Hearts’ Day,” so I choose to see it as an inclusive day with a wholehearted focus on kindness and love. More like Thanksgiving. A reminder of the state of mind we want to carry with us every day.

Living in harmony with yourself and the world around you does not begin with what others do or fail to do. It begins with your own thoughts, your relationship with your feelings, and how you choose to express them.

Start today. Choose gratitude for all that you are, and for all that you have and are surrounded by.

Spread your love, kindness, and joy for life. 🥰🤩

💛🧡 Lina Zachanox

11/02/2026

😄Have you got a chatgpt caricature yet?
Post it in the comments!

"Create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me"

31/01/2026

🐴🐴🐴 CIRCLE EXERCISE that can also be ridden in a group.

Trot or walk on the outside of the cones. The cones help you maintain a round circle. Ride through the corridor, pick up canter, and jump the cavaletti on the left circle. Transition down to trot or walk before riding back through the corridor.

Alternative:
You can also ride a slalom between the cones at walk or trot.

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This exercise is from STRENGTHEN YOUR HORSE WITH CAPRILLI, an ebook containing 12 courses.

29/01/2026

The half-halt of life. Sometimes everything comes to a pause so it can rebalance and collect before we can move forward into a new motion.

I injured my back three weeks ago, and only now have I begun to be able to sit again, for short moments at a time. The slightest attempt to push or force it results in a setback. But when I listen and trust the body’s own wisdom, there is a flow to follow. I look at everything I need to do and everything I want to do, and every day becomes a lesson in letting go of control over it.

Just like in riding.
You can’t hold the reins with hard hands, or force a movement, and expect it to turn out well. Trust in the rhythm, the timing, the process.

Right now is a time when everything must be allowed to move a little more slowly. A half-halt in slow motion, preparing for a stronger and healthier way forward.

💛🧡 Lina Zachanox

12/01/2026

The first half of the year’s very first month is already almost over! It feels like just yesterday that a couple of friends and I were having a cozy pre-Christmas get-together, toasting with Baileys Oreo milkshakes. Back then, I had just decided which stable I would be moving the horses to.

Our current stable owner has been injured, and since I rely on full-service care, we’re managing as best we can for now, but the situation isn’t sustainable for either her health or mine.

Then, the snow came... Now we’re just waiting for better driving conditions. 😄

Follow along on our little moving journey 🐴✨

06/01/2026

🐴🐴🐴 GREAT NEWS: Printed books now available!

🥳 Let’s start the year with an amazing surprise!
After years of searching for a sustainable solution to offer physical copies of the books, I’ve finally found one! 🙌

The 170-series is now available as printed books. Choose between spiral-bound or paperback editions.

To celebrate this exciting news, we’re offering Free Trackable Shipping! 🌎✨️
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06/01/2026

🐴🐴🐴 Printed books now available!

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06/01/2026

🐴🐴🐴 GREAT NEWS: Printed books now available!

🥳 Let’s start the year with an amazing surprise!
After years of searching for a sustainable solution to offer physical copies of the books, I’ve finally found one! 🙌

The 170-series is now available as printed books. Choose between spiral-bound or paperback editions.

To celebrate this exciting news, we’re offering Free Trackable Shipping! 🌎✨️
(If your country isn’t available at checkout, please contact us and we’ll see if we can add it.)

24/12/2025

I hope you are having a cozy and sweet Christmas!
I know many of you are spending the holidays alone, so I'm sending extra love to you! 🥰
Even without family around, remember that you are loved by your animals, friends, and the people you meet in your everyday life — both offline and online.
Keep spreading your light and love! ✨

🎀 Please post a greeting in the comments!

Merry, merry Christmas! 🎄✨
💛🧡 Lina Zachanox

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Pssst… my loyal reindeers and I are preparing a lovely surprise for you, so don’t forget to check your email in the coming days! 📚✨