Eventing training

#SundaySchool: Padraig McCarthy — how to make your spooky horse bolder across country

Event rider Padraig McCarthy explains how repetition and praise helps to build up confidence in a green horse

#SundaySchool: Alex Bragg on how to maintain a line through narrow or offset fences

The event rider provides his exercise for keeping your horse on a dead-straight line on the cross-country course

#SundaySchool: Imogen Murray on the bounce grid exercise

The five-star event rider explains how bounce fences in a grid can improve a horse’s jumping technique

#SundaySchool: how to improve lead changes over a fence

This exercise, as explained by five-star Irish event rider, Camilla Speirs (pictured), benefits both established and young horses, improving agility, straightness and lead changes over a fence

#SundaySchool: how to improve rhythm over fences

Event rider and coach Nick Gauntlett explains how you can use poles to dictate the rhythm that will give horse and rider belief in their approach to a fence

Jonty Evans’ 8 top tips on how to approach a jump

How much thought do you give your approach to a jump? Jonty Evans was keen to stress the importance of riding a straight, accurate line to a fence to the riders he taught at a recent arena cross-country clinic

#SundaySchool: Ben Way on improving a horse’s focus and rideability

Riding a grid of fences teaches a horse to land on the right leg and makes the rider aware of their line, explains five-star event rider Ben Way (pictured)

Don’t have your own jumps? 10 DIY solutions to your problem

Whilst we would all love a full course of professional showjumps, these can be costly and require a lot of space. H&H asks top riders for their tips for creating jumps at home

#SundaySchool: using cavaletti to improve the horse’s canter and balance

Take a look at this exercise from five-star Irish event rider, Clare Abbott (pictured), designed to steady and balance the canter, both on the approach to a fence and on landing

#SundaySchool: Sarah Bullimore’s figure-of-eight jumping exercise

The five-star eventer shows how the figure-of-eight jumping exercise can help develop balance, rhythm and the ability to land on the correct canter lead

Learn from the best: William Fox-Pitt’s top tips for eventing success

The former eventing world number one shares his expertise, giving insights into his training methods as well as offering advice to help you secure those vital extra marks in competition...

#SundaySchool: Georgie Spence and the benefits of working over bounces on a curve

Event rider Georgie Spence explains how performing bounces on a curve can teach a horse to be quick and neat over a fence

Ros Canter’s useful jumping exercise to help improve performance

The European eventing team gold medallist shares a simple exercise to help develop your horse’s balance, turning and accuracy, using just two fences

Piggy French — the magic of using gridwork

A line of equidistant obstacles improve suppleness, softness and balance, as well as rider and horse rapport, explains top event rider Piggy French

#SundaySchool: how to improve control with Blyth Tait

The event rider’s exercise hones jumping with contained power

How to nail the showjumping warm-up at a one-day event

Getting ready to tackle the coloured poles at a one-day event can be stressful for event riders. H&H asks the experts how to approach the second-phase warm-up

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

4 exercises to help you ride better lines when jumping

Check out these useful exercises from a top eventing coach

Improve your horse’s agility with Laura Collett’s simple grid exercise

The event rider’s simple test improves coordination, collection and sharpness in horses of all types and ages

#SundaySchool: Jumping on an angle with Francis Whittington

This simple exercise provides a solid foundation for skinnies and arrowheads