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 adjustable during their equitation classes.
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Equitation Course – Warm-up Over Fenc...
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...
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Schooling an Equitation Course | Stac...
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...
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Schooling an Equitation Course | Stac...
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...
