Funky is rising five and still very green in his dressage training. He has a powerful canter but his trot isn't as impressive. Hannah Biggs uses a poles to improve the pace. In her warmup she focuses the forward going Funky on suppleness, varying his head and neck position and ensuring the power goes up and into the hand. Beginning with poles on the ground, she then raises the ends of alternate poles, which encourages Funky to lift his shoulders and use his back end. Widening the distances, Hannah raises both ends of some of the poles and finally places them back on the ground, but at wider distances. The result is a noticeably improved trot!