These exercises were specifically designed to help you produce your young showjumper. They focus on their jumping technique, rideability, balance, and strength. They all include a warmup session that includes cavaletti work. Working your horse over cavalettis will help make your horse adjustable and easy to find a distance on.
Training the young horse Training a young horse to jump can be an immensely gratifying endeavor, but it requires patience and consistency. Since horses learn through repetition, you must perform the appropriate exercises repeatedly...
Jumping exercises to build confidence Jumping exercises to build confidence are super important. Showjumping is all about confidence, for horse and rider. This exercise helps set you up for the bigger jumps to try...
Fun jumping exercises for horses Fun jumping exercises for horses and riders are extremely important. Horses and humans learn better when they are relaxed and having fun. High-pressure environments are definitely not ideal to...
These are some cool jumping exercises for young horses and novice riders. For the novice rider, it will help you get better at seeing a stride or a distance. It will give you a...
Jumping exercises for green horses and novice riders So in these jumping exercises for green horses, you’ll get a good warmup routine. Followed by the actual exercise that has three different ways to ride...
Horse jumping how to train straightness. So I recently got asked to do an exercise on straightness. I immediately thought well my horses jump and travel quite straight. Anyhow, I was happy to do...
How to teach a horse to jump So you want to learn how to teach a horse to jump? Well, that’s not a short answer. However, this exercise, or even parts of it, is...
Showjumping training exercises are always better once you have tried and tested them. When I come up with a good one I always like to share it. So this is one of those good...
Show jumping exercises for young horses are essential for the production of all young showjumpers. When producing a young horse it is important that you don’t make the exercises too advanced. However, you also...