They now add in some poles on the ground and a tiny jump, always making a plan for after the fence and asking for lots of transitions after the fence. They work on calm approaches and canters away from the fence while coming back to the walk between each fence.

The first group of riders, consisting of starter, beginner novice and novice levels, warm up their horses on the over ground poles and small fences. Clinic participants observe and make notes to come up with their instruction plans to help each individual.

David O'Conner works with a beginner novice rider with a horse that tends to get quick before and after the jump. David wants her to land and do something (turn, stop, etc.) after the jump to direct the horse's energy. He also wants the rider to count strides methodically out loud to help her foc...

Karen O'Conner works with a preliminary rider on her position so that she can be more adjustable and be able to better go with her horse. They work on her position and contact at the canter and then carry that to the jumps.

Sharon White coaches three riders in an early spring session through exercises designed to make their horses more rideable and adjustable. She helps them find the half halt that will make their horses more through and not take away from the stride. They are challenged with a curving course to kee...

What they do on one lead they do on the other! The ground pole exercise is repeated to the right.

Everyone now gets a chance to warm up over a single small fence on a circle, giving them time to concentrate on the approach, their position and riding after the fence.

They now work on a short course with bending lines, looking for half halts that come from the back end to the front end, accurate lines square to the jump and good rider position.

The riders are now challenged with a full course. Sharon is especially helpful with an anxious horse in helping him find a calmer way through the course.

International event rider Jonathan Holling completes his stadium lesson with three, varied horses - a quick, forward Appaloosa, an experienced, upper-level horse and rider combination and a young gelding at the start of his career. Watch how he makes each of these stadium rounds a successful expe...

Jonathan now has the riders move on to a full stadium course after a thorough warmup (as seen in the collectoin Gymnastics for Jumping). They break down the course and start with a bending line from a wall to a vertical - oxer in and out.

The first, most advanced pair, go with an emphasis on staying straight and off the left leg especially when turning left. The second pair is more green and show great growth for a five-year-old thoroughbred by remaining rideable in a combination even after getting in long. The last pair, the spee...

Doug Payne brings his expertise to the show jumping rounds with challenging exercises for horses early in their show season. Watch for tips on the correct canter for the exercise, riding the line and how these exercises can benefit the ride.

Doug Payne continues this early spring clinic with changes in the course to make it more challenging for the wide variety of horses involved in this session. Watch for the great opportunity to see Doug school a horse himself and observe the astonishing changes he is able to bring to the ride.

After introductions from each rider with an explanation of their experience, Doug has them do a simple trot gymnastics to see how fresh each horse is. Then they do a course with small fences, lots of turns and changes of pace within the exercises.

Doug next has them do an exercise of a line of seven bounces on a figure 8. The variety of horses bring up different issues, including keeping the power through the turn, how to deal with a hot horse and riding the line.

The bounce course continues with one more horse and rider combination working to find the correct canter for the exercise.

This clinic continues with Doug Payne. He now alters the course by changing the set of bounces to every other one being high or low to give the more advanced horses a new challenge in their footwork. We have the great opportunity to watch Doug ride a hot gelding and see how he brings about a bett...

The clinic ends with them reversing the course which brings new challenges. The hot horse just gets better and better with the changes in the ride that Doug suggested. All the horses improve in their footwork.

Doug explains how to set his bounce exercise and how it helps the horses and riders improve their jumping balance and footwork.

Later in the day, Liz goes back to the horse and rider pair that did dressage work to do a brief stadium jumping session. In this video, they warm up over a vertical and oxer. Liz stresses to have the canter organized before the jumps so that the horse can be relaxed and easily meet the fences. T...

After the warmup, Liz coaches the rider through stadium jumping courses. She advises that she think about what type of canter she needs going into the different lines. The rider also needs to squeeze with the hand and not hold the horse and release over the jump to give the horse more freedom ove...

After their warmup, Liz coaches two riders through stadium jumping courses. She advises that they think about what type of canter they need going into the different lines. The courses are combinations of forward distances as well as shorter distances where the horses need to collect.

In the second part of this lesson, Liz raises the jumps and changes the course to challenge the horses and riders more. She still advises that they think about what type of canter they need going into the different lines. It could be different after the fence heights go up. The courses include be...