Keri works through her young horse’s slight stiffness by using leg-yielding exercises with the circle work. The exercise lets her execute engagement through the hind end while also allowing for stretch and compression within the gait.

Moving into the canter, Keri creates rhythm by showing riders how to first establish a connection through your seat and leg. She then creates balance and shape along with connection through demonstrating a soft feel around her inside leg aids.

Keri Kampsen begins the counting process working over a pole exercise. Here, the importance of a good canter rhythm and straightness to the pole take center stage. By simply encouraging the focus to be on the canter rhythm, Keri begins to count down out of her corners to better help her eye to se...

By riding through examples of how to count down strides most effectively, Keri Kampsen explains how she is able to ride to any ideal distance in the ring. By starting off slow and organized, Keri is then able to adjust her canter rhythm and find the optimal warm-up distance.

With the use of two main counting techniques, Keri Kampsen demonstrates how counting her rhythm around her turns allows for easier counting within a line of jumps. No matter the obstacle, beginning with a horse that is in front of your leg allows for the ability to adjust to changes and count an ...

Keri Kampsen demonstrates how to get the most out of your horse during the beginning phases of any under-saddle flat class. Keri explains how to impress the judge of your hunter under-saddle class before you even enter the ring. Understanding how to first enter the show ring is important for all ...

To help riders display the best qualities of their horse, Keri demonstrates how to maneuver your horse around the flat class at a trot to impress any judge. Keri also explains to riders how to best show off their horse’s stride at the trot. 

Keri Kampsen provides flat class dos and don’ts with working at the canter in any under-saddle flat class. Whether positioning your horse optimally on the rail or getting the most out of the canter, Keri demonstrates winning tips and tricks.

Keri uses her inside perspective to demonstrate how to properly ride through common mistakes made when riders reverse direction in any under-saddle flat class. She also provides tips on how to best exhibit your horse through the ending phases of the under-saddle class. 

Lexy Reed rides through the S-curve exercise while showing the multiple tracks and their importance. Riding through each element of both curves, she demonstrates the proper changes of direction made within the exercise and how track and pace affects each element of the exercise.

Lexy explains possible issues within the exercise when using her aids incorrectly. She also shows what common mistakes consist of when riding through the S-curve exercise and how to fix them properly to ride effectively through the curve. Whether first beginning the exercise with poles or moving ...

Through the use of her helpful tips and tricks, Lexy helps guide riders through memorizing courses with useful ideas. She also shows riders how to work through an effective plan in the ring to better help the performance of our rides in the show ring.