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 builds to jumping a mound with a single rail after. The key is letting the horses adjust for the distances.
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Kyle Carter - Progressive Jumping Exe...
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 Exe...
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 Exe...
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 ...
