Over Fences Warm-Up with a Young Event Horse
Liz Halliday-Sharp
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9m 27s
Later in the day, Liz goes back to the horse and rider pair that did dressage work to do a brief stadium jumping session. In this video, they warm up over a vertical and oxer. Liz stresses to have the canter organized before the jumps so that the horse can be relaxed and easily meet the fences. They also do a gymnastic line and bounce where they work on the rider releasing over the fences.
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