#SundaySchool: How do I maintain control when jumping a combination?
Talented young showjumper Graham Babes explains how he improves his horses’ rhythm and straightness in a sequence of fences
Talented young showjumper Graham Babes explains how he improves his horses’ rhythm and straightness in a sequence of fences
Olympic eventer Chris Burton helps improve your horse’s strength and coordination so that they can easily alter a stride with this exercise
Caroline Moore, former five-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
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
If you're unable to get your horse out and about, here are some polework exercises, recommended by top riders, that should help keep your horse or pony happy and fresh in their work at home
The international showjumper uses a canter-on-a-circle exercise to help develop balance and control, which can be used in the ring
International showjumper and young horse producer, Sarah Lewis shares a jumping exercise to work on straightness and control that can benefit horse and rider
Showjumper Charly Edwards, who specialises in breeding, breaking and producing young horses for top sport, explains how to collect your horse while riding
We picked five-star event rider Coral Keen’s brains for her to share some of her training exercises for young horses. Here she shares some of her tips...
The international showjumper talks us through this multi-fence workout which she uses with both her younger and more experienced horses to help them jump a flowing round
Event rider Aoife Clark explains how to keep your horse straight over a fence
‘Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard...’
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
Former event rider and current working hunter specialist Louise Lyons provides some advice on tackling this element
Working hunter rider Kelly Ward explains the best way to introduce narrow fences with young or novice horses
Do you suffer from competition riding nerves? Find out how to take control and use nerves to improve your performance
Showjumper David Simpson shares an exercise to ensure your horse meets a fence on the perfect stride
We all know how to walk a showjumping course so we know where to go, which fence comes next and what the distances are in the combination fences, but what other things should you be thinking about as you walk around the track prior to your round?