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Q&A | Tom McEwen
During a clinic at Galway Downs Equestrian in Temecula, California, international eventer Tom McEwen answered questions about American vs. British eventers and the trainers and mentors who have brought him along to the sport's highest levels.
Tom was a member of the British gold medal-winning Ol...
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Four-Star Stadium School | Buck Davidson | TRAILER
Five-star eventer Buck Davidson works with a four-star pair getting back into shape for competition. They work on getting the horse to rock back on his haunches while the rider allows him to lengthen his neck and use his body over the fences. Davidson coaches the pair through a gymnastic line whi...
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Stretchy Circle | Sharon White | TRAILER
Five-star eventer Sharon White coaches two students on how to ride the stretchy circle. She explains the importance of the movement and the mechanics of teaching your horse to stretch forward to the bit. Sharon emphasizes riding from the inside leg to outside rein, how flexion influences the stre...
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Beginner Novice & Novice Cross-Country Schooling 1| Ashley Johnson | TRAILER
Five-star eventer Ashley Johnson coaches Beginner Novice and Novice horse-and rider pairs during a cross-country schooling session. She explains the benefits of trotting small fences during the warm-up. The students then school a ditch, followed by practicing a small course that includes tables, ...
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Q&A With Margie Engle
Olympic show jumper Margie Engle shares insight into her experiences riding tough horses, what she looks for in a horse and more.
With 250 career wins, Margie is one of the most decorated U.S. show jumpers. She earned a team silver medal at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games™️ and is a three-ti...
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Canter Necessities | Robin Walker | Trailer
Robin Walker works with a Training Level amateur rider and her young horse on developing a quality canter in the arena and out on cross country. They practice adjustability exercises in the arena before using small slopes in the field to test the pair’s ability to keep a balanced canter.
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Twelve-Foot Stride | Sharon White | TRAILER
Sharon White, Pan American Games team silver medalist and five-star eventer, works on the twelve-foot stride with riders on young horses. She uses poles and small jumps to practice stride length and relaxation and asks the riders to focus on canter departs and halts to improve responsiveness to t...
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Cavalletti to Prepare for Jumping | Sharon White | TRAILER
Five-star eventer Sharon White coaches two riders on young horses as they warm up over cavalletti. She uses cavalletti at the walk and trot to help the horses bring up their backs, loosen their toplines and create roundness. They go over the cavalletti at the canter to conclude the warm-up.
Shar...
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Clinic Organizer/Rider Elizabeth “Lizzie” Fera | Steffen Peters
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Fera, who organized a clinic with Steffen Peters, talks about the insights that she gained from the experience. Lizzie rode her 5-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding in the two-day clinic with Steffen. They worked on lightness, responsiveness to the aids and the start of collectio...
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Trailer Intermediate Eventing Dressage | Jane Hamlin
FEI five-star eventing ground jury member Jane Hamlin shares a lesson confirming Intermediate-level eventing dressage skills. She offers insight into what a judge looks for in the test. She also includes a combination of exercises—including shoulder-in to 10-meter circles to shoulder-in to haunch...
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Introducing Skinnies & Corners | Clayton Fredericks | TRAILER 01
Clayton Fredericks introduces horses to skinnies and corners in a show-jumping lesson, using it to prepare for schooling these elements cross country. In Part 1, he focuses on skinny—narrow—fences. He emphasizes that the horses need to be on their line and have the right canter for the fence size...
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The Rider's Seat Demo | Susanne von Dietze
Susanne von Dietze takes to the saddle and demonstrates her how the rider seat, balance and position affect the horse.
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Trailer—Sharon White—Part 2: Cross-Country Training, Modified
In Part 2 of a cross-country lesson, Sharon White continues helping Training, Modified and Intermediate-level pairs, designing courses for each. Teaching points include riding the line, not the distance; working with mares; and keeping the correct pace. The riders practice various fences includin...
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Trailer—Sharon White—Part 1: Cross-Country Cross-Country Training, Modified
Sharon White, five-star star competitor and 2023 Pan American U.S. team member, takes herself and three riders competing at Training, Modified and Intermediate levels schooling cross country. She shares tips on maintaining the line to a fence, rider position, what to do in case of a runout, keepi...
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Trailer—Bettina Hoy—Improving Balance and Engagement
German Olympic eventer Bettina Hoy shares a dressage lesson in which she works with a rider to improve balance and engagement with her mare. They use test movements such as leg-yield, shoulder-in, renvers and half-pass as well as counter-canter and canter–walk transitions.
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Trailer—Caroline Pamukcu Eventing—Preparing for Spring Horse Trials—Show Jumping
Caroline Pamukcu’s head rider Lee Maher rides a last school before a spring horse trial on a horse competing at Modified the next weekend. They work on raised cavalletti, a vertical followed by lead changes, an oxer at different distances and a line with an in-and-out.
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Trailer—Caroline Pamukcu Eventing—Preparing for Spring Horse Trials—Dressage
Caroline Pamukcu’s head rider Lee Maher schools a horse in a last dressage school before competing at Novice in a spring horse trial the next weekend. He focuses on maintaining the same rhythm in the trot and canter work. He and the horse work on transitions— trot–walk–trot, within the canter and...
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Corners, Water, Ditches - Preliminary | Johnathan Holling | TRAILER
Trailer for top level international eventer, Jonathan Holling's Corners, Water, Ditches - Preliminary session. Join Jonathan on the cross country course, as he works with preliminary level horses and riders, on some of the most difficult elements of the event.
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25 Developing Riders - How Much Pressure? | Leslie Law | TRAILER 01
Trailer for Gold medalist Leslie Law's '25 Developing Riders - How Much Pressure?' session. Join Leslie on the cross country course as he works with riders, to answer the key questions around how much pressure is necessary coming into different elements.
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Beginner Novice | Lucinda Green | TRAILER 01
Trailer for World and European Champion, and Olympic medalist, Lucinda Green's Beginner Novice Clinic. Working outdoors around a course, Lucinda slowly and systematically improves the horse and riders ability to keep going forward, and take on the course.
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25 Developing Riders - How Much Pressure? | Leslie Law | TRAILER 02
Trailer 2 for Gold medalist Leslie Law's '25 Developing Riders - How Much Pressure?' session. Join Leslie on the cross country course as he works with riders, to answer the key questions around how much pressure is necessary coming into different elements.
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In Front Of The Leg Cross Country | Ian Stark | TRAILER
Olympic and World Equestrian Games medalist, Ian Stark gives a lesson on the cross country course focused on keeping the horse in front of the leg. Riders tackle different elements at speed, while Ian offers feedback to get them in deeper for a nicer jump, while keeping their horses in front of t...
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Transitions For Jumping | Matt Brown | TRAILER 01
Trailer for Matt Brown's Transitions For jumping session. Top event rider and coach, Matt Brown gives a lesson focused on working with transitions to improve the horse and riders jumping. He uses ground poles, V poles, and a series of jumps to support rider as he offers feedback to help this indi...
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Putting It Together With Two Fences | Robin Walker | TRAILER
Trailer for rider, trainer and ICP Level 4 USEA Instructor, Robin Walker's Putting It Together With Two Fences session. Join Robin as he impresses upon riders the importance of maintaining the quality of speed of canter for a successful jump.