The rider remounts after advice on what bit to try with him. As they jump their first few fences, Liz stresses that they keep it calm with her leg wrapped around him. She explains that for angles, skinnies and corners, she should never tip her shoulders forward until the front feet leave the ground. They jump a single fence and then combine two jumps in a 3-stride combination.
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Leg On - Part 1
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 sh...
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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 ...
