Davis O'Conner, a US Olympian, delivers his ICP Cross Country clinic. He discusses preparing the horse into the fence by selecting the best gallop for the jump using body weight to come back and coil the stride. He stresses the importance of keeping leg on having the ability to only change the shape of the stride, without affecting the speed if needed.
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ICP Clinic - Cross Country - Part 9
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ICP Clinic - Cross Country - Part 8
Part 8: David explains the importance of jumping the out first when training combinations. He explains that course designers like to put a narrow fence that the horse has to hunt for at the end of combinations as the levels advance. By practicing these difficult fences in training, in a competiti...
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ICP Clinic - Cross Country - Part 7
Part 7: David works with a rider to have a quiet time coming into the jump, a moment where the body is working, the leg is on, but the mind is listening and aware of the horse beneath them. They work at the ditch and David helps the riders establish which horses actually really dislike it by havi...
