Trailer for Two Time Olympic champion, Sir Mark Todd's Riding Forward Between The Jumps Session. Join riders on the show jump course, as Mark offers valuable insight into riding forward between each fence. Watch and listen to Mark's critique in real time as riders tackle an array of jumps while w...

Trailer for Two Time Olympic champion, Sir Mark Todd's Riding Forward Between The Jumps Session. Join riders on the show jump course, as Mark offers valuable insight into riding forward between each fence. Watch and listen to Mark's critique in real time as riders tackle an array of jumps while w...

Part 1: Mark opens the session by explaining the importance of having the horse between the leg and hand, and making sure the horse is obedient to the leg and moving forward before trying to jump. The riders work on a small line of fences on a bend. Mark encourages them to understand that there i...

Part 2: As the horses and riders gain confidence, Mark asks them to lengthen the canter stride and complete the line of fences in five strides between, rather than six. This proves challenging, and many of the riders lose straightness as they gain speed. Mark supports them as they work to find th...

Part 3: Mark challenges the riders with a course, consisting of bending lines and incorporating lead changes. They have to use their line of sight and focusing on the middle of the fences to ensure they make the lines, while riding forward between fences and maintaining straightness. Mark support...

Part 4: Mark works with a rider who gets tense when the jump doesn't go to plan. He encourages her to relax and explains that her horse is unable to jump when she grabs her mouth. They work on keeping the leg on, keeping breathing and keeping the hands soft to allow the horse to jump, with much i...

Dorothy Crowell gives a lesson focused on rider position and footwork. She works with a rider in the jump field to stay quiet in her body and use her seat more to help guide her horse. The forward going horse presents some unique challenges into the fences.

Part:  World Equestrian Games Medalist and International coach Dorothy Crowell works with riders around a course of grass jumps to establish moving their horses feet. She beings by discussing the role of running martingales and how to fit them properly. Dorothy tunes in to each riders position an...

Trailer for Olympic Eventing veteran, Karen O'Connor's Rideability For Jumping, Preliminary session. Karen works with a group of preliminary level riders and horses to asses the rideability of each horse and improve it. They work around a course of show jumps while Karen teaches everything from p...

Part 1: Karen works with the riders to establish a light an elastic contact with hands that are still and arms that are in motion. She works with one rider to encourage her horse to come rounder by holding the bit still in his mouth and using the leg, rather than creating a lot of distracting mov...

Part 2: The group begins to work on some small fences and cavaletti. Karen coaches a rider who is having issues with her horse trying to escape the bit. They focus on improving the quality of the canter and keeping the pressure on the bit mild and steady, so the mare can soften but still move for...

Part 3: The riders work over a line of fences. Karen has them focus on riding square turns and staying straight on approach and landing. She gives feedback on their position, working on maintaining an elastic arm and utilizing the correct hip angle over the fence. By highlighting the differences ...

Part 4: Karen works with the group to use the canter pirouette and square turns as a means to create engagement. By pairing these tools with Karen's advice on their individual position, they are able to how rapid improvement down a line of fences. Karen works with a rider whose horse tends to wil...

Olympic Gold medalist Boyd Martin teaches a lesson on rideability exercises over fences. He works with the the group to improve the rideability of their horses, to improve their experience on a course. Boyd sets up a line of fences and works with the riders to compress and lengthen the canter in ...

Part 1: Boyd explains the session goals and what rideability means to him. The riders warm up at a walk and trot. Boyd works with them on some counter canter, using opposite flexion to loosen up the horses necks and test how secure they are in canter. Boyd sets up a grid using cavalettis, working...

Part 2: Boyd raises the jumps and the riders continue to improve their skills. He works with two of the riders to use the power of their eyes and make sure they are looking for their next fence to give the horse subtle cues on direction. One rider continues to work on the rideability of her horse...

Part 3: The riders jump around the course and Boyd gives them individual feedback. He concludes the session by reminding them of the power of their mentality on course, as he points out most of their mistakes happen when they get a little bit nervous, as all of them are strong riders. Boyd acknow...

Olympic medalist Gina Miles gives a lesson in the show jumping arena focusing on related lines and bending lines. Gina works with a group of riders to control the stride to create cleaner distances and more efficient lines. his creates a better quality jump, and more overall flow on the course.

Part 1: Gina begins the lesson by explaining the importance of straightness to related and bending lines. She discusses relative straightness, and the rider's role in maintaining the straightness of the horse down a line, and being aware of drift. She has the riders try an exercise with a two oxe...

Part 2: In Part 2 Gina introduces a more difficult exercise with a related bending line going down hill and jumping into a combination, which makes getting the correct line critical. The exercise quickly illustrates the riders issues. One rider works on having control of the horse's body and bend...

Part 3: Gina demonstrates a bending line and talks through her ride, as well as the corrections she is making. She demonstrates how the straightness of the line can affect the distance, by doing the same line of jumps in a bending seven and a direct six strides. She goes on to shorten and lengthe...

World Equestrian Games Medalist and International coach Dorothy Crowell works with a rider to reinstall the breaks on her intermediate horse. Dorothy delivers a session with emphasis on not worrying abut making mistakes, but being concerned with the way the riders respond to mistakes and correct ...

Part 1: Dorothy opens the session by explaining that the rider who is working towards a two star competition with her intermediate horse just had a successful event, but had control issues across country. She explains the importance of having breaks which allow for steering and recovery after a f...

Part 2: Dorothy has the rider work on adding and lengthening between fences, including a corner, oxers and verticals. The mare is hot and forward going, so Dorothy works with the rider to harness this energy into a long stride, or compress it and control it to add. Dorothy creates a challenging c...