Geoff Teall – 2’6” to 2’9” – Jumping a Short Course
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Geoff Teall sets a course for the clinic riders and wants them to make the decisions of where and when they need to stop in order to bring their horses back. The pace should stay about the same and the lines should stay straight, but the choice as to what to do next will come after the jump.
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