Olympic medalist David O'Connor gives a lesson on fine tuning stadium jumping. David works with a rider to be softer and give in order to allow her horse to position his head correctly coming into the fence. By eliminating the resistance and encouraging the horse in the last stride, he has a much better fence and is able to come up more.
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Fine Tuning Stadium - Part 1
Part 1: David works with a rider to stay soft and give her hands over the jump to allow her horses front end to come up. He helps the riders create more effective turns by using less bend and controlling the hind end with a feeling of haunches in and keeping the shoulder back. The rider finally m...
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Fine Tuning Stadium - Part 2
Part 2: One horse spooks at a colored rail and David explains how horses react to different colors and how course builders use this to take their eye off the top rail to increase the difficulty. He counteracts this in his own program by constantly switching brightly colored rails. One rider works...
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Final Show Prep - Trailer 1
Olympic medalist Buck Davidson works with a group of riders and their young horses on final show prep. Working in the stadium, Buck shares the importance of riding to the next fence. Despite the horses being young, he reminds the rider's that they need to be responsive and go where they are point...
