Eventing

Eventing

3 Seasons

Eventing, an Olympic sport, is best described as an equestrian triathlon. The sport originated as a cavalry test and is comprised of three phases: dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Eventing tests horse and rider pairs more completely than any other. Learn from the best eventing riders and trainers in the world. Search for your favorite coach or by training topic.

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  • Novice / Training | Becky Holder | PART 03

    Episode 1

    Part 3: The riders work through their individual horse's issues to achieve softness and balance. Becky puts them to the test with a pattern of walking, trotting, turning on the forehand and a corner to ensure they have control of the stride and are ready to jump. All of the riders work on riding ...

  • Novice / Training | Becky Holder | PART 04

    Episode 2

    Part 4: Becky explains how she uses lateral work such as turn on the forehand, turn on the haunches, and leg yield as a check during her warm up to make sure she has her horses attention and to help them feel settled. They move on to working at the canter to create a forward and adjustable canter...

  • Novice / Training | Becky Holder | PART 05

    Episode 3

    Part 5: The riders continue the canter work. Becky shifts her focus from horses back to the riders and works to optimize their positions. With instruction, she shows them how light they can be with their arms and how firm they can be with their core and body, and this is the feeling they want as ...

  • Novice / Training | Becky Holder | PART 06

    Episode 4

    Part 6: Becky introduces small fences. The riders continue to practice the principles they covered on the flat while jumping. Becky urges them to pay attention to their straightness and ride their landing, and works with them to maintain their position and keep up with their individual negative h...

  • Novice / Training | Becky Holder | PART 07

    Episode 5

    Part 7: The riders work over a bounce using core stability and a more subtle rein aid to get smoother turns and create good lines over the gymnastics. As the lines get more demanding Becky reminds the riders to concentrate on picking the withers up in the moment of suspension using their seat and...

  • Making Your Horse Adjustable | Phillip Dutton | PART 01

    Episode 6

    Part 1: Phillip uses a combination of leg yield and bending to challenge the riders to rate their horse's stride. They work at sitting and then rising trot with an emphasis on stride control. Phillip then incorporates canter leads and offers valuable teaching moments, this allows viewers to visua...

  • Making Your Horse Adjustable | Phillip Dutton | PART 02

    Episode 7

    Part 2: Phillip shares the importance of being able to adjust your horse and keep them soft across the three disciplines. Circling back to jumping, he explains the importance of ratability. Riders focus on keeping the horse forward but adjustable enough that they still take the last stride, look ...

  • Making Your Horse Adjustable | Phillip Dutton | PART 03

    Episode 8

    Part 3: Phillip adds turns, a bounce, and four and five stride distances together, to create a more difficult course. Reminding the riders to give with their hands and ride forwards, he helps create a cleaner round and better shape in the jumps. Riders work on keeping their horses on the line whi...

  • Making Your Horse Adjustable | Phillip Dutton | PART 04

    Episode 9

    Part 4: Phillip works with the riders on being able to adjust the stride out longer and then bring it back to being more compressed. He encourages the riders to get a feel for each number of strides on their own horse to help them see a distance. The riders work on being able to adjust their hors...

  • Maintaining The Canter Of The Novice Horse - Part 1

    Episode 10

    Part 1: Robin works with the rider to establish a quality canter. They then move on to ensure this canter can be easily adjusted for the most effective jump. Working over a small cross country fence Robin shares the importance of setting up and sitting quietly, then allow the horse to go forward ...

  • Maintaining The Canter Of The Novice Horse - Part 2

    Episode 11

    Part 2: Robin demonstrates an exercise that encourages the rider to establish the chosen canter early, and maintain it into the fence. He explains the importance of this work. He focuses on strengthening the rider's ability to set the rhythm early and ride quietly down a line or round a course. H...

  • Maintaining The Canter Of The Novice Horse - Part 3

    Episode 12

    Part 3: Robin expands the exercise from just a few fences. This gives the rider more independence to plan their fences and approach, while demanding they still set up their canter at an appropriate distance and keep it consistent into take off. He shares the importance of this work and the role i...

  • Maintaining Straightness In Stadium Jumping | Doug Payne | TRAILER

    Episode 13

    Doug Payne, a member of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Eventing Team, gives a lesson focused on maintaining straightness in stadium jumping. Watch to see how Doug assists a rider and her talented horse to achieve straightness without sacrificing forward motion and power.

  • Maintaining Straightness In Stadium Jumping | Doug Payne | PART 01

    Episode 14

    Part 1: Doug uses the concept of keeping the neck straight to assist the rider in staying straight into the fence. He asks them to think about moving the withers over rather than the head, which facilitates making smooth turns and staying on the line. He encourages the rider not to hold her exube...

  • Maintaining Straightness In Stadium Jumping - Part 2

    Episode 15

    Part 2: Doug works with the rider on being patient down a tricky line and not getting flustered and shutting down the canter. He reminds her to stay soft and as long as the horse is straight and on the line, to be quiet and let her go forward to the fence. When the rider achieves this the talente...

  • Maintaining Straightness In Stadium Jumping | Doug Payne | PART 03

    Episode 16

    Part 3: Doug concludes the session with a few more jumps, reminding the rider of the take home point which is keeping her horse's neck straight. He answers some questions, and explains the importance of consistency, in canter transitions and every aspect of this mare's training. He reminds the ri...

  • Longer Reins, Forward Riding | Andreas Dibowski | TRAILER

    Episode 17

    Olympic Gold medalist Andreas Dibowski works with a group of riders on the cross country field to focus on longer reins and forward riding. Andreas coaches the riders over tough cross country elements, reminding them of the power of riding forward and the importance of having longer reins to allo...

  • Longer Reins, Forward Riding | Andreas Dibowski | PART 01

    Episode 18

    Part 1: Andreas coaches the riders to use their seat to bring the horses back and lower the speed, rather than relying on the hands. As the ride through the water element, he reminds the riders to focus on rhythm and staying in the motion with their horses. The riders work on riding forward and k...

  • Longer Reins, Forward Riding | Andreas Dibowski | PART 02

    Episode 19

    Part 2: Andreas offers feedback as the riders jump around the course individually. He works with one rider who is getting pulled out of the saddle on landing as she is keeping her reins too short. He explains that she needs to ride with a longer rein and keep a soft contact, so she can stay in th...

  • Longer Reins, Forward Riding | Andreas Dibowski | PART 03

    Episode 20

    Part 3: Andreas works with a rider who has the tendency to stand in his irons, rely on his hands, and create too much pressure in his horse's body. He encourages him to sit deeper in the saddle and ride more from his seat to keep his horse together, and with him into and over the fences. Andreas ...

  • Keeping A Rhythm While Riding An Accurate Line | Buck Davidson | PART 01

    Episode 21

    Part 1: Buck introduces the clinic and explains that although it is a jumping lesson, it will have somewhat of a dressage focus. He points out that if a rider can ride their dressage figures, and their jumping lines accurately, and they are able to choose the canter they want for each fence, then...

  • Keeping A Rhythm While Riding An Accurate Line | Buck Davidson | PART 02

    Episode 22

    The riders continue around the exercise. Buck explains how even a momentary loss of focus, which happens when one rider gets in another's way, can majorly interrupt the rhythm, and change the whole line. As the horses gain confidence, Buck switches the focus on adding and taking out strides betwe...

  • Keeping A Rhythm While Riding An Accurate Line | Buck Davidson | Part 03

    Episode 23

    The riders have more success in transitioning from a forward to a slower canter between fences. Buck encourages them to let their horses go and ride more from their body and less from their reins to avoid breaking the rhythm. He works with one rider to get deeper into fences to make a nicer shape...

  • Jumping Fundamentals | Brian Sabo | PART 06

    Episode 24

    Part 6: As they begin the cross country section of the lesson, Brian introduce the riders to the 95% rule which states when you have a post and rail construction obstacle, such as a log, house or bank, 95% of the time the horse will get too close to the first element. He discusses how the riders ...