Part 2: Christopher explains the importance of focusing on rhythm at landing rather than rhythm on approach, as he feels the latter often causes riders to unintentionally slow down into a fence. He sets up an exercise with a corner and a skinny and explains that the classic correct approach to a corner is to intersect the midline of the corner upon approach. As the riders jump through, Christopher shares that increasing the angle of approach to the front rail and then out in the back rail, and gradually widening the corner is how he always trains for corners. He works with one rider to look ahead over the fence and try to avoid looking for a stride, so she can ride the rhythm instead of attacking the fence too fast.
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