Olympian Christopher Burton gives a lesson in the stadium, focused on improving your turns for show jumping. He works with riders over fences to chose the best lines and ride correct turns to have a better course.
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Improving Your Turns For Show Jumping...
Part 1: Christopher begins the session by having the riders work at a canter over pols. They practice lengthening and collecting to change the number of strides between each set. He reminds the riders to give a forward hand and allow the horse over the poles and through the turns, which helps rel...
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Improving Your Turns For Show Jumping...
Part 2: Christopher replaces the poles with verticals and the riders work to compress and lengthen between the two fences. He draws attention to their line and encourages them to focus on being inside rather than overshooting. Christopher helps a rider stop her horse from drifting by having her f...
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Improving Your Turns For Show Jumping...
Part 3: Christopher encourages the riders to ride forward into fences, reminding them that riding forward does not create a hot horse, but chasing them into the last stride does. He explains that steering the horse through turns shouldn't be blocking them from forward motion and their rhythm. Chr...
