Jumping

Jumping

The Olympic sport of show jumping is scored objectively based solely on the horse’s athletic ability over fences as measured by time. A jumper’s only job is to clear all the fences in the course as quickly as possible without incurring any faults from knocking down a rail, refusing the jump or finishing over the allowed time. Search for your favorite coach or by training topic.

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Jumping
  • Day 2 Session 3 - Jumping Warm-up | Anne Kursinski

    They start with warming up over a small crossrail with the focus on stopping straight after the jump. Prior to the jump, the riders count out loud eight strides to help them keep a tempo and see a distance.

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 02

    Anne allows the riders to take back their reins, but she still wants them to stay centered and do as little as possible to get the results they want. The horses definitely go better when the riders aren't interring so much.

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 01

    To practice their smoothness and two-point position, Anne has the riders do a small course finishing with a straight-line halt. She wants riders to take advantage of the entire arena, noting that often riders cut corners in an indoor arena.

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Half Seat/2-Point Exercise | Anne Kursinski | PART 04

    They jump a new course, but the riders continue jumping with a knot in the reins and riding with one hand to focus on being centered. Anne continues to stress that the rider doing less allows the horse to jump better and stay straighter.

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Half Seat/2-Point Exercise | Anne Kursinski | PART 03

    The riders continue jumping with a knot in the reins and riding with one hand to focus on being centered. Anne continues to stress that the rider doing less allows the horse to jump better and stay straighter.

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Half Seat/2-Point Exercise | Anne Kursinski | PART 02

    Next, Anne has the riders canter a crossrail and stop straight while holding the reins in one hand. This emphasizes how doing less can actually help the horse, and the horses are typically straighter.

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Half Seat/2-Point Exercise | Anne Kursinski | PART 01

    Anne has the riders tie their reins in a knot to ride one-handed for balance and lightness. They start out riding on the flat doing transitions between the gaits, circles and stopping straight. Typically Anne prefers the riders hold the rein with their outside hand because riders tend to hold too...

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Flat Warm-up | Anne Kursinski | PART 03

    Anne has the riders drop their stirrups to work on their seat in the canter work. They do counter canter to see if the rider's aids are correct and if the horses are balanced and responding to the aids as well as collection and going forward in canter.

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Flat Warm-up| Anne Kursinski | PART 02

    They continue the warm-up practicing shoulder-in in walk and sitting trot. They also work again with the knot in the reins to help steady their arms and hands, which helps the horses be more responsive.

  • Day 2 Session 3 - Flat Warm-up | Anne Kursinski | PART 01

    The third group starts warming up in the posting trot. Anne has them focus on the basic position with steady arms and hands. She has the riders test the horses to make sure they go forward off the leg with an easy aid, and then leg yield without their stirrups to make sure the horses will move la...

  • Day 2 Session 2 Welcome | Anne Kursinski

    Anne thanks her sponsors and welcomes back the riders and auditors for Day 2 of the 2022 Market Street clinic.

  • Day 2 Session 2 - Jumping Warm-up | Anne Kursinski

    They start with warming up over a small crossrail with the focus on stopping straight after the jump. Prior to the jump, the riders count out loud eight strides to help them keep a tempo and see a distance.

  • Day 2 Session 2 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 04

    Anne has the riders do a course with the riders keeping the hands off the horses' necks by riding with their hands turned over on the reins. The riders are not able balance on their hands, and this helps the horses build confidence.

  • Day 2 Session 2 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 03

    They jump the same lines with the focus on adding and leaving out strides. Anne wants them to focus on pace and direction to get the proper number of strides each time. Again they stop straight at the end of the exercise.

  • Day 2 Session 2 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 02

    Next they do a small course with straight and bending lines. Anne wants the riders to count strides out loud and focus on doing as little as possible while keeping the horses relaxed with steady pace and straight track.

  • Day 2 Session 2 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 01

    To focus on smoothness, they do eight strides on a diagonal to a six stride line on the outside and then halt in a straight line. Anne wants the riders to count strides out loud and focus on being relaxed with smooth lines.

  • Day 2 Session 2 - Flat Warm-up | Anne Kursinski | PART 03

    They continue to school shoulder-in. Anne reminds the riders that their shoulders need to align with the horses' shoulders and the horse shold be bent in the direction of travel. They finish the warm-up with canter and hand gallop, including riding in two-point position and full seat.

  • Day 2 Session 2 - Flat Warm-up | Anne Kursinski | PART 02

    They school shoulder-in while maintaining a forward walk and trot. Anne reminds the riders to make sure the horses' haunches stay on the track so that they don't drift in too much. Next they school shoulder-out. These exercises help the horse respond to the rider as well as build strength.

  • Day 2 Session 2 - Flat Warm-up - Part 1

    Anne reviewed flatwork from the day before. She reminded riders that flatwork is important to get the horses ready to jump. Are they going forward? Are they straight? They also needed to think about their own positions, making sure they were in a proper positon to start jumping.

  • Day 2 Session 1 - Jumping Warm-up | Anne Kursinski

    They start the jumping session by trotting over a single crossrail and then stopping straight on a specific line. Anne wants the riders to focus on the horse going quietly forward, the rider sitting in the saddle before and after the fence and focusing straight ahead on the point where they want ...

  • Day 2 Session 1 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 04

    To end the session, Anne has each rider jump a complete course. Riders count strides out loud to help with rhythm and distance. Again, she wants riders to do as little as possible to avoid interfering with the horse. She finishes the session with a review of the day and stresses how riders need t...

  • Day 2 Session 1 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 03

    The next line they focus on is a broken line where Anne asks them first to collect and do it in eight strides and then asks them to lengthen their horses' strides and do the line in seven strides. She wants the riders to focus on collecting the horses and then allowing them to go easily forward. ...

  • Day 2 Session 1 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 02

    Anne starts to build up to riding a complete course by adding a six-stride line after cantering the crossrail on the diagonal. Following the line they are to stop straight at the end of the arena. She has the riders count strides out loud to get a better idea of their rhythm and distance.

  • Day 2 Session 1 - Jumping | Anne Kursinski | PART 01

    Anne has the riders go into 2-point position and canter the crossrail while counting out loud the eight strides before the fence. They then have to stop at a specific point she has picked. She wants the riders to focus on rhythm, straightness and accuracy.