Part 3: Mark challenges the riders with a course, consisting of bending lines and incorporating lead changes. They have to use their line of sight and focusing on the middle of the fences to ensure they make the lines, while riding forward between fences and maintaining straightness. Mark supports a rider in getting the lead change by explaining the horse is unable to do a flying lead change when against the hand, and when the rider is standing in the stirrups. He addresses this by having her set up earlier and use half halts rather than holding the rein. Mark reminds the group of the importance of knowing their own horse, his stride length and what it takes to get their best jump.
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Riding Forward Between The Jumps - Pa...
Part 4: Mark works with a rider who gets tense when the jump doesn't go to plan. He encourages her to relax and explains that her horse is unable to jump when she grabs her mouth. They work on keeping the leg on, keeping breathing and keeping the hands soft to allow the horse to jump, with much i...
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Rider Position & Footwork - Trailer
Dorothy Crowell gives a lesson focused on rider position and footwork. She works with a rider in the jump field to stay quiet in her body and use her seat more to help guide her horse. The forward going horse presents some unique challenges into the fences.
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Rider Position & Footwork - Part 1
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...
