In the second part of the lesson, after raising the single oxer, they work on riding patiently to the fence without being backwards. They adjust the canter in a sMoller circle before approaching, working towards a jump with bascule and push.
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Ride Into Contact - Trailer
Ashley Johnson, 5-star event rider and coach of the University of Florida Eventing Team, joins us with this wonderful lesson with a Preliminary rider working on keeping the push from behind for show jumping. Her clear and articulate teaching brings great exercises and tips for you to use in your ...
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Ride Into Contact - Part 1
Ashley Johnson watches as her rider and horse warm up to determine what the best exercises will be to get him freer in his back. They work him through the shoulder in at the trot asking for push from behind without increasing his speed, and then go on to the canter using leg yields in and out on ...
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Ride into Contact - Part 2
In Part 2 of this lesson with 5-star event rider Ashley Johnson, they move on to canter rails with small jumps included to encourage the horse to use his hindquarters. Ashley makes it progressively harder by changing it to an oxer with elevated rails before and after spaced at 18’.
