Liz Halliday-Sharp joins EventingTraining.com with this cross country school with a Training rider and horse building a new relationship. Liz starts out by riding and schooling him through the water where he’d had a stop at his previous show. She finds that he takes over and then backs off, so she concentrates on the entry into water and having him wait, stressing that when schooling it should be a chill ride.
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Keeping A Rhythm Cross Country - Part 3
Part 3: The difficulty of the course is increased with the addition of a water element. Mark works with a rider to create forward energy to keep the horse focused and help prevent spooking. The emphasis of the session continues to be on maintaining the rhythm and riding in a correct position, bot...
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Keeping A Rhythm Cross Country - Part 2
Part 2: Mark increases the difficulty by adding a skinny going downhill. Riders are challenged to keep their horses forward without gaining speed. Mark discusses the importance of rider position, particularly sitting up, on the approach to the fence, and maintaining that all-important rhythm. To ...
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Keeping A Rhythm Cross Country - Part 1
Part 1: Mark establishes the goals of the cross country session in getting the horses confidence up and setting expectations for receiving the correct response to the aids and a willingness to move forward. Working on the riders positions, Mark helps them guide their horses into connection and ba...
