Ashley and her students start by warming up on the flat; then all three demonstrate their galloping position while making changes within the gallop. She gives great advice on figuring out what length to have your stirrups for jumping and galloping.
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Cross Country School - Beg. Nov. thro...
The riders begin the cross country session with a few easy fences strung together with gallops between them. At the water, each does a different exercise, letting the beginner novice horse first get his feet wet by walking in and walking around. The preliminary horse does a series of fences requi...
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Cross Country School - Beg. Nov. thro...
This section begins with riders doing mounds with small fences on top. The preliminary rider is then challenged with several fences in a row, including a corner off a bending line.
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Cross Country School - Beg. Nov. thro...
In the last two parts of this video, Ashley rides while taking two of her students cross country schooling. In these segments they school banks and ditch and rails (coffins) to build both the horse and rider’s confidence.