Part 5: Jimmy works with the riders on adjusting their stride and correcting their individual issues. He works with one rider who is coming into jump position to soon, pushing down while her horse is trying to take off, and consequently causing the horse to ding the rail. By correcting this issue, the horse jumps much cleaner. Jimmy also works with a rider and her exuberant horse.
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Extravagant Hind End Over Fences - Tr...
Doug Payne, a member of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Eventing Team, gives a lesson to a jumper rider with a mare with an exuberant hind end. Doug’s skill in both eventing and show jumping helps this pair find the real source of her problems—being behind the leg. Watch to see when Doug rides her to asses...
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Extravagant Hind End Over Fences - Pa...
PART 1: Olympic team member Doug Payne brings us this fantastic jump lesson with a mare that specializes in the jumpers rather than eventing, but he focuses on the principles common to all stadium rounds. He and the jumper rider first discuss the balance needed on the approach to a jump and how t...
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Extravagant Hind End Over Fences - Pa...
PART 2: Doug Payne has the rider apply the balance from the first exercise on a course. As horse and rider begin the course, Doug has them first establish a canter with more ground cover and engagement. He gives him tips on how to deal with the mare’s exuberant hind end and make quick turns on la...
