Part 2: Jonathan demonstrates the line of fences. When his horse makes mistakes he has an opportunity to explain the importance of letting a bad fence go and riding for the next. He shares his visualization of train tracks, and how once he sets his horse on the train track into the fence and puts them into the correct canter, he has complete faith that they will jump well. Jonathan works with the riders to compress and lengthen the strides in a line, encouraging them to be more aggressive and more accountable for getting the ride they want. He reminds them of the rule of jumping banks - being aggressive coming on and passive coming off. With this in mind, they start working at the bank.
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Warm Up & Banks, Preliminary | Johnat...
Part 1: The riders warm up while Jonathan reminds them that every horse will ride differently and it's important to know their individual horse and if they'll perform best on a dead straight line or a slight bend. As they work over some warm up fences, Jonathan challenges a rider to work harder a...
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Warm Up & Banks, Preliminary | Johnat...
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Two Star Horse | Jimmy Wofford | TRAILER
Trailer for Jimmy Wofford's session working with international five star event rider Sharon White, on the cross country course. They work together to school Gus Gus, a two star horse. Both Jimmy and Sharon share valuable information, and explain how they use the horse's performance to better unde...
