Training Showjumpers, Hunters, Cross-Country Horses: Teach your horse a jumping technique to take on each jump safely and with confidence (Avalon Horse Training)

Unlock your horse's true potential and take your showjumping, hunter-jumping, and cross-country training and competing to the next level. For better results and fun with your horse you may need to make some changes – work with this blueprint that is proven to be successful and put it into practice!This comprehensive workbook covers every aspect of your horse' s jumping education. It provides you with exercises every horse and rider should know, from the most basic to the most complex techniques. This professional, practical approach to teaching your horse to jump is based on trust and understanding and will prepare you and your horse for the challenges of jumping any kind of obstacle.Detailed, progressive training plans with ground pole and cavalletti exercises, many gridwork routines, practice-routines over single fences to jumping a competition round at a show will improve your and your horse’s experience, accuracy, security, and balance, while giving riding instructors and coaches a variety of effective and fun ways to help students learn and improve their jumping. This book will give every rider, from a complete novice who is totally new to jumping to an advanced rider, the confidence, technique and control needed in the jumping arena and on the cross-country course.This step-by-step system to introduce a horse or rider to jumping stresses the necessity for clear, quiet, and consistent aids so that the equine partner listens to the rider’s cues willingly and responds instantly. The skills learnt with this system will teach your horse true balance and technique, making jumping with confidence easier even when the size of the obstacles is getting close to the limits of the horse’s natural ability.Bonus:Extensive, practical advice on diagnosing specific resistances, evasions or shortcomings that will undoubtedly be met during a horse’s jumping training. Understand why your horse reacts in a certain way. Different, detailed approaches will be described to correct the problems and will help a trainer prevent them from happening again and will be invaluable with the reschooling of poorly trained or difficult horses as well.This guide is your self-paced training system with easy-to-understand strategies and practical exercises that work.Don’t miss out, start making the progress you’ve been looking for in your showjumping, hunter jumper and cross-country jumping. Read more