At the end of February, Chewie and I completed our second agility test!
The Online Horse Agility Club offers a special division for horses who are two years old or younger. Chewie and I submitted our first competition entry in January. You can watch that video HERE.
This month’s course had five obstacles. I made the decision to just focus on three of the obstacles — to lower the pressure and keep it fun for both of us.
For the three obstacles we completed, Chewie needed to:
- Walk into a hula hoop and halt for one second with her front feet in the hoop
- Walk through a tight maze of four poles in the shape of a U
- Walk between two poles, halt, and then back out of the poles
Here’s our video of the course.
Watch on YouTube: Young Horse Course – February 2026 – Mary & Chewie
I was especially pleased with how Chewie and I did with the U-shaped pole pattern. Chewie and I have not done anything quite like this, previously.
At first, Chewie wasn’t sure how to arrange her back feet as she was going around the tight turn. I realized that it helped Chewie if I walked pretty slowly.
In the video, you’ll see that Chewie is following my movements closely. In addition, I pause periodically, which gives her a chance to rebalance and rearrange her feet.
We had fun with this course, and we are looking forward to the March Young Horses course!
Update March 6: Chewie and I received a score of 28/50 on this test. 🙂
(The maximum score we could have received was 30, since we skipped two of the obstacles.)
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