Equestrian jumping exercises

Jump courses are set with specific distances between the fences in the lines, and you are expected to get a certain number of strides within...

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6 jump course for indoor work.

Hunter jumps may not have numbers on them, but the courses are not as difficult to memorize as you would think. A well-designed hunter course has an easy flow to it, and once you know what the typical course design is like, you should be able to find your way around almost any hunter course just from knowing the first jump alone! Most hunter courses start with a single vertical on the inside track. Occasionally, the single vertical will be placed on a diagonal, but the flow following the…

A little inspiration can go a long way! Whether it’s beginner group lessons, advanced gymnastics, exercises for a young horse, or schooling a specific skill, collaboration is often the best approach, says Canadian Equestrian Team veteran Jay Duke. “In my experience, it’s when the show jumping community operates as a whole rather than a group …

Contact, to the average rider, seems to refer only to the contact through the rein, but really, contact is communication with your horse and the rein is just one form of that communication. There are a couple of other points of contact, being your hips and seat, your legs through your thigh and calf, and your heel and foot.