Part 1: Dorothy introduces the rider and her horse, an OTTB, who she is jumping for the first time. She opens the session by instructing the rider to make sure she has good breaks and the horse is responding to voice cues as he came off the track a year ago, and is a big, strong mover. They begin working over a series of gymnastics, including a bounce, and Dorothy reminds the rider to prepare earlier and make sure she is choosing the quality of the canter for the approach. She explains that a good canter coming into the first fence, makes any distance good. The horse tends to run out of room and uses drifting to create more space for himself. Dorothy begins to help the rider keep him straight using her leg and a drift rail.
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Rideability For Jumping, Preliminary ...
Trailer for Olympic Eventing veteran, Karen O'Connor's Rideability For Jumping, Preliminary session. Karen works with a group of preliminary level riders and horses to asses the rideability of each horse and improve it. They work around a course of show jumps while Karen teaches everything from p...
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Rideability For Jumping, Preliminary ...
Part 1: Karen works with the riders to establish a light an elastic contact with hands that are still and arms that are in motion. She works with one rider to encourage her horse to come rounder by holding the bit still in his mouth and using the leg, rather than creating a lot of distracting mov...
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Rideability For Jumping, Preliminary ...
Part 2: The group begins to work on some small fences and cavaletti. Karen coaches a rider who is having issues with her horse trying to escape the bit. They focus on improving the quality of the canter and keeping the pressure on the bit mild and steady, so the mare can soften but still move for...
