Part 1: Yogi covers the basics of stride length, take off distance, and seeing a stride for cross country and show jumping. Balance, straightness and pace are all topics covered, as well as the different stride requirements for different types of horses and events. Auditors and viewers learn the ...

Part 2: Yogi discusses the quality of the gaits for jumping, and how action in each gait is the key to a better jump. He works with the individual horse and rider to illustrate the importance of stride control, and how mastering this benefits them for jumping. Focusing first on collection, riders...

Part 3: Riders work at the canter to use their seat to create light collection. Yogi talks more about the importance of flatwork for jumping and the value of laying a foundation to create stride control through a course. By working with horse and rider combinations as individuals, Yogi provides v...

Part 1: Yogi Breisner discusses the importance of multitasking and introduces viewers to the purpose of the clinic. He offers constructive criticism of each horse and rider combination during warm up, and invites auditors to do the same. Viewers have a chance to test their eye against an expert a...

Part 2: Yogi introduces the horses and riders. As they warm up he takes constructive comments from auditors on their initial observations of each. Viewers get put in the coach's shoes and learn to analyze performance. Yogi emphasizes the importance of positive criticism and recognizing the good i...

Part 3: The auditors continue to critique the riders and the commentary becomes more in depth and constructive with Yogi's guidance. Touching on common issues such as riding on the forehand and not staying engaged, Yogi provides perspective. He reiterates the value in selecting and appreciating t...

Part 4: Yogi continues to work with auditors how to effectively support horse and riders combinations of all levels. The discussion covers pitching each session correctly while respecting each individual's riding style and background. Yogi works to offer some support to Equine educators while als...

Part 5: Yogi stresses the importance of both horse and rider thinking for themselves. By understanding riding as a journey, Yogi shares with auditors the importance of allowing riders to develop and explore as individuals. Addressing the wealth of equestrian terminology used today, Yogi touches o...

Part 6: Yogi works with the riders on a loose rein to allow the horse's to go long and low. He illustrates the benefits of the horse coming from behind and using its body correctly. Auditors discuss the horse's movement in a natural state and the implications of this on using less hand in order t...

Part 7: The riders begin to work over a series of ground poles while taking forward everything they learned on the flat. Yogi discusses the importance of horses moving forward off the aids and being responsive. He shares his philosophy on reaction time, and the importance of the rider being able ...

Part 8: Yogi talks about ingrained patterns and the challenge of changing bad habits. By taking viewers and auditors through a simple exercise, he poignantly explains how difficult it can be to alter habits riders have, and how this must be a long term process. He goes on to discuss the importanc...

Part 9: Yogi talks about the importance of confidence in the sport of eventing. Using an exercise with ground poles, horses and riders build confidence while working on riding forward into a small fence. By explaining how to set the exercise up, Yogi provides viewers with a valuable tool to take ...

Part 10: Yogi discusses the sport of 3 Day Eventing as a whole and its requirement that riders be competitive across all three events, versus single event sports. He talks about rider adaptability, to be able to have a solid dressage position as well as a more forward seat for jumping, and the cr...

Part 11: Yogi discusses the ideal position over fences and the technical influence this has on the biomechanics of the horse. Watching clinic riders jump, Yogi invites auditors to identify improvements that could be made in their position. He coaches the riders on areas still to be worked on. His...

Part 12: As the session concludes, Yogi shares his insights on rider education and the connected and global nature of 3 Day competition today. Rounding out everything he touched on in the session, from coaching to technical work, he provides a last set of feedback and leaves viewers and riders wi...

Join WEG Silver medalist Dorothy Crowell in this great lesson addressing the ins and outs of riding a hot Thoroughbred. Watch for the tips on body position, breathing, half halts, and down transitions with a horse that has an impressive desire to go forward.

They continue the lesson with a small course. Dorothy coaches the rider through keeping her horse slow and steady using a wide range of aids but not pulling.

Jonathan teaches this group lesson beginning with gymnastic exercises to clarify skills for jumping courses. The first exercise consists of trot poles, then a leg yield away, turning back to a line with take-off and landing rails for a small X, leg yielding again to a change if needed, then circl...

Part 1: The riders work around the arena, going over the cavaletti. Christopher emphasizes the importance of not looking down at them, or any obstacle and instead looking ahead and allowing the horse to sort their own feet out. Working with poles set up on a curve, Christopher is able to help the...

Part 4: Christopher brings the session together with a canter exercise over cavaletti that demands the riders use everything they've practiced so far to completed a successful flying change. They focus on using the position statement to pick up and maintain a correct canter, rather than using the...

In this early spring schooling session, Buck helps these Intermediate riders moving up to Advanced with getting their horses forward in their competition step. At this Advanced level, they use their posture and balance to affect the balance of the horse.

In this early spring schooling session, Buck helps these Intermediate riders moving up to Advanced with getting their horses forward in their competition step. The exercises challenge their adjustability, using more finesse than just pulling.

Buck has the more advanced horse end on a couple of triple combinations. The next rider changes the canter between fences by taking back, and Buck encourages her to keep going instead. With another, they incorporate more of her dressage sitting to shape the canter as well as the counter canter.