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...

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...

Susanne von Dietze takes to the saddle and demonstrates her how the rider seat, balance and position affect the horse.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

International event rider Jonathan Holling offers a logical and methodical lesson on increasing the suppleness in the lateral work with a focus on the trot half pass and a turn on the haunches. If you struggle with these upper level movements, this video offers a structure to build correct perfor...

International competitor, trainer and coach, Jimmy Wofford's Feeling Your Horse session. Join Jimmy as he works with riders over a course of show jumps to illustrate how having a good feel for the horse underneath them, has the ability to influence every part of their ride.

Olympian Lisa Wilcox describes how she works with a horse with a strong underneck to develop a better topline. The horse needs to bend in ribcage to be able to stay on the outside rein. Her reins are the same length, she explains, but the outside rein is farther up than the inside reins to allow ...

Get a rider's view of the amazing 5* cross-country course at the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. Follow along with eventing legend Boyd Martin as he narrates his ride aboard Contessa. Be there for every step as she completes her first 5* cross-country course.

German Olympian and World Champion event rider Ingrid Klimke explains how to first introduce the horse to the cavalletti. She demonstrates how to walk and trot over polls and how to use your position. Placement between poles should be approximately 1.20m or 5-feet apart approximately.

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 ...

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.

In the first part of this ride, Shannon helps a rider work on her leg position that helps open the hip joint. The rider should feel like if the horse drops out from under her, she will land on her feet. The hips go in advance of the shoulders every stride because the horse takes them.

USEF “R”-rated judge Keri Kampsen provides her perspective on common mistakes she sees from riders inside and outside of the ring. After judging prestigious competitions such as the Devon Horse Show, The Capital Challenge, and the ASPCA Maclay National Championships, Keri shares some common judgi...

U.S. Olympian Allison Brock has this pair work through resistance problems to help the mare work more though her body with swing.

Are you lucky enough to be riding a senior upper-level horse? Mimi Stanley guides you through a workout suitable for an aged horse coming back into showing and offers great tips on specific strategies for riding Arabians.

Ireland's Olympian Judy Reynolds helps this rider build the foundations for Third Level with a focus on the trot half pass. In this 5-part series, Judy offers great tips for those working on leg yields and lateral work to prepare for the half pass, as well as critical points on the correct half p...

USDF-Certified Instructor Beth Baumert explains that when your horse is balanced, he can have a relaxed rhythm. From this state, his movements become easier, his gaits improve and he becomes more beautiful and mentally relaxed. This video series helps you determine why your horse is out of balanc...

International eventing star Liz Halliday-Sharp brings us a wonderful dressage lesson concentrating on suppleness and a round frame. She uses lateral work to keep the horse from locking up and losing flexibility.

Grand Prix competitor AnnA Buffini demonstrates riding a square on a 4-year-old mare. With a young, or lower-level horse, the focus of the exercise is on straight lines and bending through the turns, which helps teach the horse how to balance back, how to turn and how to go forward off both legs....

Kindergarten Exercises, USEF National Dressage Youth Coach George Williams gives us exercises to become more effective with the application and timing of the rider aids. With help from his daughter, Noel, we see how these exercises translate human thought into a common language that both horse an...