To start the lesson, Stacia Klein Madden goes over tack and equipment that is being used and why. She then explains that she likes to do a brief warm-up before jumping. She wants the horses to move forward from the leg but that they also come back easily as the horses need to be smoothly adjustab...

Stacia Klein Madden plans her jumping warm-up thinking about what exercises they will be doing during the lesson. That way the horses have a chance to see some of the obstacles and lines in a relaxed manner before jumping a course. She wants each rider go through the warm-up with the focus on bei...

Stacia Klein Madden reminds us that when preparing for competition there are only so many different elements they can practice. The lines she has set up in this outside course mimics a previous competition course combining cavalletti, bending lines, a water jump and different striding to the line...

In the next round, Stacia Klein Madden wants to see how easily the horses go forward and come back to each line. She also wants to make sure the horses stop straight at the end of the course. Stacia wants riders to focus on straightness and giving a big release over the jumps but keeping the rein...

Doing a course in reverse can cause it to ride very differently. Stacia Klein Madden explains the course going the other direction and coaches the riders through it.

To finish the lesson, Stacia Klein Madden has the riders do a trot jump into a combination followed by stopping straight. She feels that stopping straight at the end really requires the horse to listen to the rider. This exercise works on rideability which is important when doing gymnastics.