Holly Hugo-Vidal explains the importance of having a horse in front of the leg and shows what it looks like to have a horse in front of the leg and behind the leg. She then explains how to correct a horse that is behind the leg in the walk, trot, canter and over fences.

Holly Hugo-Vidal shares a figure-eight track riding exercise on the flat and then over a fence, with the goal of riding a precise track and maintaining a rhythm using both reins and legs.

Five-star eventer Sharon White works with riders on young horses as they practice the twelve-foot stride. She uses poles and small jumps to work on stride length and relaxation. Sharon asks the riders to focus on details, such as canter departs and halts, to get their horses listening to their ai...

Steffen Peters helps a Third/Fourth Level rider guide her horse into a frame. Steffen encourages effective, mindful riding to improve the horse’s suppleness and self-carriage. The pair works on transitions, haunches-in on a circle at the walk and alternating between flexion and counter flexion on...

Sharon White, Pan American Games team silver medalist and five-star eventer, works on the twelve-foot stride with riders on young horses. She uses poles and small jumps to practice stride length and relaxation and asks the riders to focus on canter departs and halts to improve responsiveness to t...

Steffen Peters helps a Second/Third Level rider work with her tense horse at the clinic. Steffen encourages loosening up the horse’s body to help quiet his mind. The rider works on alternating between flexion and counter flexion and changes of direction at the walk and trot to supple her horse.
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Sharon White, Pan American Games team silver medalist and five-star eventer, works with two riders on young horses as they warm up over cavalletti before jumping. She uses cavalletti at the walk, trot and canter to help the horses bring up their backs, loosen their toplines and create roundness. ...

Five-star eventer Sharon White coaches two riders on young horses as they warm up over cavalletti. She uses cavalletti at the walk and trot to help the horses bring up their backs, loosen their toplines and create roundness. They go over the cavalletti at the canter to conclude the warm-up.

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Steffen Peters continues to coach a Training/First Level rider as analyzes the contact with her young horse on day two of the clinic. Steffen helps the rider find a productive frame for her horse to reach consistency in the bridle. The pair works on transitions and collecting the canter to work t...

German show jumper Ronny Riemer shares how to put an entire course plan together using his instructions on circular approaches, finding distances, stride options on a related line and various options for correct distances on a bending line.

With over 20 years of experience, Ronny brings a wealth...

German show jumper Ronny Riemer covers various options to ride a distance on a bending line. He explains how to be on an inside track for direct approach or an outside track and what scenarios would determine your best distance.

With over 20 years of experience, Ronny brings a wealth of knowledg...

Steffen Peters coaches a Training/First Level rider as she works on keeping consistent contact with her young horse. Steffen encourages intentional riding to get the desired response to the rider’s aids from the horse. The pair works on transitions and collecting the canter on day one of the clin...

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Fera, who organized a clinic with Steffen Peters, talks about the insights that she gained from the experience. Lizzie rode her 5-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding in the two-day clinic with Steffen. They worked on lightness, responsiveness to the aids and the start of collectio...

German show jumper Ronny Riemer shares how he walks courses and comes up with a plan, including how he measures distances, analyzes strides, determines options for bending lines and approaches combinations, for calm and confident rounds.

With over 20 years of experience, Ronny brings a wealth of...

German show jumper Ronny Riemer explains how to approach a jump on straightaways and circles and how to find a good distance using the track without interfering with the horse’s stride length and pace. He also explains how different distances can work out depending on the course and your horse.

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For the end of the lesson, Jennie Brannigan raises the fences in the cavalletti line. She asks the Intermediate-level rider to open up the horse’s stride before jumping the line to work on the adjustability and rideability. Jennie and the student talk about how useful these exercises can be to im...

For the next part of the lesson, Jennie Brannigan and the Intermediate-level student continue to work on the horse’s self-carriage. Jennie has the rider reverse the cavalletti exercise and adds a line of bounces to an oxer. During the transitions, they work on making each transition come from the...

FEI Eventing and USEF Dressage judge Jane Hamlin coaches a Training level pair on how to create a better connection between horse and rider. Jane has the pair ride circles, turns down the centerline and corners to develop a consistent contact. She emphasizes the importance of softening the contac...

Jennie Brannigan, five-star and U.S. team rider, shares a show-jumping lesson with an Intermediate-level pair. Jennie has the rider walk cavalletti on a curve, reversing direction with a turn on the haunches. This helps the horse with self-carriage. Jennie then adds two cavalletti jumps on a curv...

Ashley Donadt shares her early riding days and moving from Washington state to California in 2012 where she worked as a groom and assistant trainer for various dressage riders including David Blake, Rebecca Rigdon and Elizabeth “Beth” Ball. Donadt talks about her training with Ball as well as Oly...

Dressage riders will relate to what Ashley Donadt loves about dressage—the idea of communicating with a horse and the feeling when that communication “clicks” and you feel like you’re dancing with your horse. What does she find challenging about dressage—trying to make it look “easy” is “really h...

Ashley Donadt shares strategies for dealing with competition nerves. These include acknowledging the source of your nerves to help take away their power, looking at the physical effects nerves have on your body, thinking about how your nerves are affecting your horse and establishing non-score re...

In the prior exercise (PART 03), Ashley Johnson created an exercise by having a square of ground poles with a pole laid diagonally across the middle. Now, she raises the diagonal pole to a low vertical. The Training Level horse improves his canter quality in the exercise and rounding his bascule ...

FEI five-star eventing ground jury member Jane Hamlin shares a lesson confirming Intermediate-level eventing dressage skills. She offers insight into what a judge looks for in the test. She also includes a combination of exercises—including shoulder-in to 10-meter circles to shoulder-in to haunch...