Doug Payne, a member of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Eventing Team, gives a lesson to a jumper rider with a mare with an exuberant hind end. Doug’s skill in both eventing and show jumping helps this pair find the real source of her problems—being behind the leg. Watch to see when Doug rides her to assess how to improve this talented mare.
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PART 1: Olympic team member Doug Payne brings us this fantastic jump lesson with a mare that specializes in the jumpers rather than eventing, but he focuses on the principles common to all stadium rounds. He and the jumper rider first discuss the balance needed on the approach to a jump and how t...
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PART 2: Doug Payne has the rider apply the balance from the first exercise on a course. As horse and rider begin the course, Doug has them first establish a canter with more ground cover and engagement. He gives him tips on how to deal with the mare’s exuberant hind end and make quick turns on la...
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PART 3: Doug Payne gets on the mare and works through the sucking back in the canter, jumps through an exercise and discovers that she may be objecting to some poles that are on the ground before a line. When the rider remounts, Doug instructs him to put more leg on whenever the mare’s hind end g...
