Walk poles and cavaletti should be placed at a distance of between 0.80 and 0.90 meters. This distance applies to the inner end, aligned towards the center. They should fan out a bit on the outside. This distance is for large horses. Trot poles and cavaletti should be placed at a distance of between 1.20 and 1.30 meters. Here, too, this measure is for the inside ends, and they fan-out from there. If you want to work at canter, use distances of 2 meters on the inside and 3 meters on the outside.
Warning! These specifications will need to be adapted depending on your horse – a 1.55 meters horse that gets little exercise will naturally smaller dimensions than a horse that is 1.75 meters and gets lots of exercises.