For the end of the lesson, Jennie Brannigan raises the fences in the cavalletti line. She asks the Intermediate-level rider to open up the horse’s stride before jumping the line to work on the adjustability and rideability. Jennie and the student talk about how useful these exercises can be to im...

For the next part of the lesson, Jennie Brannigan and the Intermediate-level student continue to work on the horse’s self-carriage. Jennie has the rider reverse the cavalletti exercise and adds a line of bounces to an oxer. During the transitions, they work on making each transition come from the...

Jennie Brannigan, five-star and U.S. team rider, shares a show-jumping lesson with an Intermediate-level pair. Jennie has the rider walk cavalletti on a curve, reversing direction with a turn on the haunches. This helps the horse with self-carriage. Jennie then adds two cavalletti jumps on a curv...

Five-star and U.S. team eventer Jennie Brannigan and an Intermediate-level rider demonstrate how simple low fences and exercises can dramatically improve a horse’s self-carriage for both jumping and dressage. Cavalletti and ground poles are used to develop a more balanced horse. Then Jennie adds ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...