3pm-7pm £50 per horse to include venue charge, in groups of 4. Places strictly limited due to daylight, and will be on a first come first served basis. Groups and daily programme will be emailed through before the clinic date. To apply please email Tor (tor@southhillfarm.co.uk) to register which days...
The use of a timing device is to help you judge your pace whilst riding cross country but this will only come with experience and practice at that speed.
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1. You can help address crookedness in the horse by focusing on gymnastic exercises that help raise the withers, and encourage the scapular to rotate backwards in a circle – it is then the rider’s job to keep the withers central over fences.
The key factors for a balanced jump, whether across country or when showjumping, are obedience and power and softness; the latter two go hand in hand, as power can create tension, and the rider must then soften.
1. Make some training plans.... Work with your coach and develop some exercises, and work to improve little weak areas for the oncoming season. Keep the work varied but structured, with small, achievable goals and make sure that you keep an account of all the work in a training journal....
It's very important to develop a feel for jumping out of the three different canters that you would use xc. Again for the experienced rider this will often come naturally, however for the less experienced rider I feel that it needs to be practiced along with the 'gear changes' that...
It is so important that horses and riders are well trained over corner fences initially otherwise confidence issues can manifest. To start with the building blocks need putting in place which consists of the horse staying straight on a line and being confident over an angled rail and the rider...
The course designer will often design fences that are affected by the previous fence, for example a serpentine line or a distance followed by a turn to a skinny fence. Experienced riders are used to thinking and planning ahead and will do it naturally but less experienced riders need to...