US Olympian Becky Holder works with riders at the Novice and Training level to create a balanced and obedient horse on the flat, which translates to better jumps. She works with one rider whose horse tends to get tense in the neck and assists her in creating and maintaining forward energy. By com...

US Olympian Becky Holder works with riders at the Novice and Training level to create a balanced and obedient horse on the flat, which translates to better jumps. She works with one rider whose horse tends to get tense in the neck and assists her in creating and maintaining forward energy. By com...

Part 8: Becky expands the exercise into a short course. She supports one rider to keep her cool and use her half halt and body as her horse gets exuberant coming into a line. The riders focus on the quality of the canter and riding correct corners, which directly reflects in how well the horses j...

Part 1: Becky opens the session by allowing the group of riders, who are just moving up to training level, introduce themselves and their horses. They warm up with some flat work focusing making sure they horses stay soft and out at the end of the reins. Becky encourages the riders to go back to ...

Part 2: Becky asks each rider what they're feeling at the beginning of the ride what they're finding the most challenging. She gives them each small exercises to work on to address their individual issues as they continue to warm up. The riders work on changing the stride length at the trot, and ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...