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This is a very valuable area of a horse and rider's training as it can be the important building blocks to the future success of a partnership. This training is often in a non threatening environment so everything happens slowly, with confidence, and then later can relate to competition. We will look at: training the narrow fence; training on gradients; training the young horse to be reactive and include reaction training for the rider; exercises to improve riding to a corner; exercises to develop feel riding through combination fences; looking at rider posture, stirrup length and lateral balance; using steps and narrow fences in a combination; the importance of straightness to the millimetre; how to ride a rhythm fence; building the confidence with angled fences; coaching the horse to be confident with high sided shoulder brushes; and lots more.

XC training on a surface: Gradient Training

Training the horse to stay in balance when moving up or down a slope is crucial as when you’re out […]

Caroline Moore

XC training on a surface: Introduction to a shoulder brush

Shoulder brushes are notoriously difficult to jump if your horse isn’t 100% straight. Training from the beginning using a straight […]

Caroline Moore

XC training on a surface: Gridwork with narrow fences

This is a really good training exercise to teach the horse to stay straight through a line of fences. It […]

Caroline Moore

XC training on a surface: Introduction To A Skinny Fence

Coaching your young horse to understand and be confident to hold a line across a narrow fence is a skill […]

Caroline Moore

XC training on a surface: Turning Into A Blind Fence

Landing and having to be on your new line whether its show jumping or cross country is a really key […]

Caroline Moore

The Turning Fence

It is important that you teach the horse the skill of following the steering aids through a jump and having […]

Caroline Moore

XC training on a surface: 90 degree turn to a skinny

Landing after a fence and doing a correct turn is associated with the approach to the first fence. If you […]

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XC training on a surface: Training a horse to jump an angle

Teaching a horse to be confident to jump across an angle needs to be built up slowly and repeated regularly. […]

Caroline Moore

XC training on a surface: Water training from the beginning

When you start water training it may be with a young horse or you may be experiencing it for the […]

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XC training on a surface: Steps, banks and sunken roads

Jumping up and down steps takes a lot of balance and needs to be brought into the training fairly early […]

Caroline Moore