Part 1: Mary starts the lesson off with a bounce and some narrow fences in an exercise that has the riders changing the rein. She explains this challenges the riders to work on their steering and turns, as well as demanding they be effective over the fences. Mary gives the riders individual feedback, helping one who gets too forward with her upper body, and another who tends to lift her hands at more technical fences. She explains how she teaches young horses about narrow fences in her own program.
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Jumping Exercises To Improve The Ride...
Mary praises a rider who shows great reaction, and manages her horse well when he comes into the bounce wrong, so they are able to complete the fence. She points out how the horse can sometimes get a little busy with his head when the questions get harder, and suggests a properly fitted running m...
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Improving Your Turns For Show Jumping...
Olympian Christopher Burton gives a lesson in the stadium, focused on improving your turns for show jumping. He works with riders over fences to chose the best lines and ride correct turns to have a better course.
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Improving Your Turns For Show Jumping...
Part 3: Christopher encourages the riders to ride forward into fences, reminding them that riding forward does not create a hot horse, but chasing them into the last stride does. He explains that steering the horse through turns shouldn't be blocking them from forward motion and their rhythm. Chr...
