The next challenge is ditches. They start out by walking over a small ditch in both directions before moving on to a fence a few strides before the ditch. The next step is the ditch to a skinny to a fence, and then a skinny both before and after the ditch. The emphasis is on letting the horse learn its footwork rather than riding a certain number of strides. A trakehner is built in the ditch for the final exercise.