It’s all about the water. In this wonderful schooling facility there are many options to practice different combinations. The emphasis is on riding them calmly, not over riding and making it a good experience for the horse. Each rider and horse combination is given a different route through the complex appropriate to their abilities.
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First Spring Cross Country School - P...
As the exercises progress, they take into account being able to move up to a skinny after a table in a combination. They also include a trakehner. The course gets more complicated by adding a ditch and rails and a corner, requiring different lengths of strides appropriate to the question. He make...
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First Spring Cross Country School - P...
At the beginning of the season, the horses need to get out for their first cross country school, and Phillip Dutton guides these upper-level riders and horses through this first school. They start over an inviting table, getting the right pace and energy. They do an S shaped line making sure that...
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Watch this excellent example of an early season cross country schooling session with six-time Olympian Phillip Dutton! His decades of experience gives these riders the right pace and balance over exercises that build confidence in both themselves and their horses.
