Geoff Teall – 3’ Level – Jumping a Short Course – Part 1
Hunters/Equitation
•
23m
Geoff Teall sets a course for the clinic riders and wants them to make the decisions of where and when they need to stop to bring their horses back. The pace should be forward but steady and the lines should stay straight, but the choice as to what to do will come after the jump. He stresses about finishing each piece of the course before going on to the next piece.
Up Next in Hunters/Equitation
-
Geoff Teall – 3’ Level – Warm-up on t...
Geoff Teall talks about the importance of a straight line from the clinic riders’ hands to the horses’ mouths. The purpose of this is to establish a nice contact with the horse’s mouth. This can also help improve the horse’s suppleness. While the position change may be minimal, the result is sign...
-
Geoff Teall – 3’ Level – Warm-up on t...
Geoff Teall has the clinic horses start in a posting trot, which he says is a good gait to get a read on how the horses feel that day. The horses have to be willing to carry the riders in a relaxed, forward manner. Both horses and riders need to be comfortable working at the pace needed to jump s...
-
Geoff Teall – 2’6” to 2’9” – Ground R...
With the clinic horses settled, Geoff Teall keeps the ground rails, but adds a few jumps to see how the horses react. The rails with the jumps helps the horses to balance better, slow down and collect to add a stride in a line.
