#SundaySchool: Jumping on an angle with Francis Whittington
This simple exercise provides a solid foundation for skinnies and arrowheads
Cross-country schooling
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Lesley Brodbeck at a training day at Noosa in Queensland on her young overachieving mare “Clare.” (Lesley is one of Queensland’s top eventing coaches/competitor.) Check out this exuberant event horse with invisible wings
Find out the story behind this brilliant moment captured on camera in Australia
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Fancy footwork: how to get the most from your horse’s jumping canter
Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how you can use this exercise to develop footwork in your horse’s canter
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Hard going: how to cross-country school effectively without running on hard ground
Here’s some helpful pointers from four-star international event rider, Kate Honey (pictured), about how you can make the most of a cross-country schooling session in an arena
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Slick and sharp: the building block cross-country exercise that will aid your success
Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how you can use this exercise to begin to teach your horse how to turn to and over a fence
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The ultimate exercise to get you and your horse on the ball before going eventing
Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how you can use this exercise to sharpen up both you and your horse before competition
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Simulated cross-country gridwork: how to teach your horse to be as straight as a die
Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how you can use this gridwork exercise to encourage your horse to become more straight and quick on his feet
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Don’t get the cold shoulder: how to tackle a shoulder brush across country
Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how to tackle shoulder brushes across country
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How to introduce a young horse to skinny cross-country fences
Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how to introduce a horse to skinny fences for the first time
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Turn, baby, turn — how to teach your horse to turn over a fence onto a new line
Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how to teach a horse and rider to turn onto a new line over a fence
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Holding a straight line across country — the difference between success and failure
Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how to teach a horse to hold a line over and in between fences
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Caroline Moore: How to train your horse to jump an angled skinny fence
In the first of a series of training videos by Caroline Moore, former four-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, we learn how to teach a horse how to jump this technical cross-country question
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Credit: Charlotte Dujardin Charlotte Dujardin takes dressage star cross-country schooling
The dressage stars demonstrated their all-round talent over logs and through the water jump
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Lucinda Green gives her verdict on ‘realistic’ new cross-country schooling course
Horse & Hound’s eventing editor Pippa Roome takes her “sports pony” to try out Slades Farm, a new cross-country schooling course in Surrey — and gets Lucinda Green’s verdict on the facilities
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H&H question of the week: my horse hates ditches — what should I do?
Four-star event rider Coral Keen provides one H&H forum user with some helpful advice on how to help her horse overcome his fear of ditches
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Credit: Lucy Merrell Where to go cross-country schooling this winter
Find out which venues are most likely to be open for cross-country schooling this winter and throughout the rest of the year
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Credit: Peter Nixon H&H question of the week: help! My horse won't go into water — what should I do?
Four-star event rider Coral Keen provides one H&H forum user with some helpful advice on how to conquer problems getting a horse to go into water
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Credit: GROSSICK RACING _tel 0771 046 17 Fun, focus and footwork: must-have cross-country riding advice from Lucinda Green
Improve your cross-country skills with advice from the six-time Badminton winner — from being flexible with bits to making sure your horse sees the fence
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Tim Price’s top tips for your first cross-country school of the year
Find out four-star event rider Tim Price's top tips for success while cross-country schooling
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3 tips to successfully negotiate steps on a cross-country course
Here are some things you should consider before tackling steps
