Eventing
3 Seasons
Eventing, an Olympic sport, is best described as an equestrian triathlon. The sport originated as a cavalry test and is comprised of three phases: dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Eventing tests horse and rider pairs more completely than any other. Learn from the best eventing riders and trainers in the world. Search for your favorite coach or by training topic.
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Gymnastics and Courses | Ian Stark | PART 04
Episode 1
Part 4: Ian Stark takes to the saddle of a talented mare who has been very against the hand in his lesson. He jumps her around with a focus on less leg and encouraging a light contact, and recommends her rider mix up how she is being jumped, incorporating corners and turns to surprise her and kee...
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Stadium Jumping | Ashley Johnson | Trailer
Episode 2
Eventer Ashley Johnson shares a lesson in stadium jumping with a group of three riders, including a Training level student working on softness, a Novice student riding a hot former jumper and a student who is gaining back her confidence riding a retired eventer. They work on a gymnastic exercise ...
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Stadium Jumping – Single Fences | Ashley Johnson | PART 05
Episode 3
The hot chestnut mare goes through the exercise one more time, this time in a much calmer frame of mind. The Training level gelding works on skills needed for upper-level horses, in particular changing his shape for the fence. Ashley Johnson sets single fences to see if the footwork exercises the...
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Stadium Jumping – Collection Exercise with Jump | Ashley Johnson | PART 04
Episode 4
In the prior exercise (PART 03), Ashley Johnson created an exercise by having a square of ground poles with a pole laid diagonally across the middle. Now, she raises the diagonal pole to a low vertical. The Training Level horse improves his canter quality in the exercise and rounding his bascule ...
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Stadium Jumping - Saddle Fit, Collection Exercise | Ashley Johnson | PART 03
Episode 5
Ashley Johnson adds a saddle pad with shims to one of the horses that was having trouble moving his shoulders. The riders then work to increase the collection gained in the previous exercise by having a square of ground poles with a pole laid diagonally across the middle. The retired eventer cant...
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Stadium Jumping – Canter Poles | Ashley Johnson | PART 02
Episode 6
After the horses warm up, the first exercise is cantering rails on the ground, making sure the horses have the proper canter on approach. The retired eventing gelding uses 7 feet between the rails, and trainer Ashley Johnson tightens the distance up to 6 feet for the more nervous chestnut Thoroug...
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Stadium Jumping – Warm-Up | Ashley Johnson | PART 01
Episode 7
Ashley Johnson shares a lesson in stadium jumping with a varied group of three riders, including a Training level student working on softness, a Novice student riding a former jumper and a student who is gaining back her confidence riding a retired eventer. They warm up, giving the retired geldin...
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Introducing Skinnies & Corners | Clayton Fredericks | PART 02
Episode 8
Clayton Fredericks introduces horses to skinny and corner fences in a show-jumping lesson to prepare for these elements cross country. In Part 2, he shares a progression of exercises to bring horses along in their understanding of corners. He begins with a small, narrow corner, gradually widening...
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Introducing Skinnies & Corners | Clayton Fredericks | TRAILER 02
Episode 9
Clayton Fredericks introduces horses to skinny and corner fences in a show-jumping lesson to prepare for these elements cross country. In Part 2, he shares a progression of exercises to bring horses along in their understanding of corners. He begins with a small, narrow corner, gradually widening...
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21:44Episode 10
Jumping Fundamentals | Brian Sabo | PART 04
Episode 10
Part 4: Brian Sabo works with a rider whose horse gets tense in his back when she sits in the saddle. He shares the 'Dorothy Crowell move' with the group, in which the rider moves their hips in motion to match the canter or the gallop as they come down from galloping position and into the saddle....
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Introducing Skinnies and Corners | Clayton Fredericks | PART 01
Episode 11
Clayton Fredericks introduces horses to skinnies and corners in a show-jumping lesson, using it to prepare for schooling these elements cross country. In Part 1, he focuses on skinny—narrow—fences. He emphasizes that the horses need to be on their line and have the right canter for the fence size...
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Introducing Skinnies & Corners | Clayton Fredericks | TRAILER 01
Episode 12
Clayton Fredericks introduces horses to skinnies and corners in a show-jumping lesson, using it to prepare for schooling these elements cross country. In Part 1, he focuses on skinny—narrow—fences. He emphasizes that the horses need to be on their line and have the right canter for the fence size...
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Stadium Clinic with Allison Springer - Trailer 1
Episode 13
Allison Springer hosts a master class on staying "in the motion" with your horse. Teaching various horse and rider combinations, Allison works on correct position, and explains the difference between simply following the horse, and being in the motion with them. Viewers accompany Allison as she t...
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Caroline Pamukcu Eventing—Preparing for Spring Horse Trials—Show Jumping
Episode 14
Caroline Pamukcu’s head rider Lee Maher prepares a horse in a last show-jumping school before competing at Modified in a spring horse trial the next weekend. In the warm-up, Maher and the horse begin trotting over a slightly raised cavalletti both at the trot and the canter. Moving to a vertical,...
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Trailer—Caroline Pamukcu Eventing—Preparing for Spring Horse Trials—Show Jumping
Episode 15
Caroline Pamukcu’s head rider Lee Maher rides a last school before a spring horse trial on a horse competing at Modified the next weekend. They work on raised cavalletti, a vertical followed by lead changes, an oxer at different distances and a line with an in-and-out.
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33:40Episode 16
Erik Duvander—More Athletic Than Powerful
Episode 16
Erik Duvander, previous performance director of U.S. Eventing, Olympian, and past coach for the Japanese, Swedish and New Zealand eventing teams, shares an early spring lesson with five-star rider Jennie Brannigan. She rides a top-level horse who is quite forward and works on finding more relaxat...
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Trailer—Erik Duvander—More Athletic Than Powerful
Episode 17
Erik Duvander, previous performance director of U.S. Eventing, Olympian and past coach for the Japanese, Swedish and New Zealand eventing teams, brings shares an early spring lesson with five-star rider Jennie Brannigan. They work with a top-level horse to create a calm, athletic session instead ...
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Kyle Carter – Progressive Jumping Exercises – Trailer Parts 1 and 2
Episode 18
Eventer Kyle Carter shares a five-part series on how to progressively train horses through increasingly complex jumping exercises. The exercises teach the horses to maintain the same canter throughout and build strength. In Parts 1 and 2, Kyle begins with walk/trot/canter rails. That exercises bu...
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Kyle Carter - Progressive Jumping Exercises Part 1
Episode 19
Kyle Carter starts this lesson by having his students walk narrow ground rails 9 feet apart, requiring straightness and a more packaged walk. The key is straightness and the size of the stride, and the riders repeat it at the trot. After adjusting the distance between the poles, they repeat at th...
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Kyle Carter – Progressive Jumping Exercises – Part 2
Episode 20
In the second exercise, Kyle Carter asks riders to throw the idea of “seeing a distance” out the window. Instead, they must rely on the balance they choose and let the horse adjust for the distance. The approach is over a mound, blocking the rider from picking a distance. Kyle explains rider posi...
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Kyle Carter – Progressive Jumping Exercises – Trailer Parts 3–5
Episode 21
Kyle Carter continues to share a five-part series on how to progressively train horses through increasingly complex jumping exercises. The exercises teach the horses to maintain the same canter through the exercise and build strength. In Parts 3 through 5, the riders and horses move on to a line ...
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Kyle Carter – Progressive Jumping Exercises Part 3
Episode 22
Land in the Same Balance. After using a mound in Part 2, Kyle Carter again uses it in Part 3 to help with the horses’ balance, but now he increases the difficulty of the exercise. He does this by adding fences before, on top and two strides after the down side of the mound. He explains the purpo...
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Kyle Carter – Progressive Jumping Exercises Part 4
Episode 23
Kyle Carter now raises the fences in the exercise of a mound with fences before, on top of and after the mound. This makes these upper-level horses jump with more power. But he emphasizes that they exercise is still effective even if the fences don’t go up. The height must be appropriate to the l...
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Kyle Carter – Progressive Jumping Exercises Part 5
Episode 24
Kyle Carter instructs the riders to jump the exercise of a mound with fences before, on top of and after the mound in reverse. He explains how the exercise will jump differently. He instructs the riders to continue to work on maintaining the right canter for the exercise, landing in balance and b...