Eventing training

Andrew Nicholson and Robbie Power on what makes the perfect jumping round

This duo of top horsemen combined their expertise recently at the International Eventing Forum

7 tips from Pippa Funnell for planning your season and managing your event horse

Three-time Badminton winner Pippa Funnell passes on pearls of wisdom when it comes to planning your event season and keeping your horses well and happy

13 tips from Pippa Funnell: take your time, steer with your eyes and repeat, repeat, repeat

Learn from the best with top tips for riding and training from Rolex Grand Slam winner and double European champion Pippa Funnell

‘Like taking your horse to the gym’ — how this raised pole exercise could up your horse’s game

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 your horse’s hoof/brain co-ordination

Basics, rider position and attention to detail: vital lessons from Pippa Funnell

Find out what six riders learnt by spending five days with last year’s Burghley winner Pippa Funnell — there’s bound to be a tip or to for you, too

What’s the secret to seeing the perfect stride every time?

Five-star event rider Georgie Spence provides one rider with some helpful advice on how to see a stride while jumping

#SundaySchool: how to teach your horse to land on the correct leg

Irish event rider Austin O’Connor explains a simple exercise to help teach horses to land on the correct canter lead after a jump

#SundaySchool: Vittoria Panizzon — how to teach horse to bascule more effectively

The eventer provides an exercise she uses to help 
her horses make a better shape over a fence

#SundaySchool: Jesse Campbell on how to stop your horse hesitating at a drop fence

Kiwi event rider Jesse Campbell advises how to ride this challenging cross-country obstacle

#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...