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The Essential Role Of A Groom At An Eventing Competition
Eventing is often presented through the rider’s performance: the accuracy of dressage, the boldness of cross-country and the careful jumping of the final…
Steady Starts: Managing Nerves at the Start Box
The start box compresses an entire day of eventing into a few intense seconds. You have travelled, warmed up, walked the course and checked your tack, yet the…
Developing A Dressage Test Warm-Up Routine That Works
A reliable dressage warm-up routine helps an event horse enter the arena attentive, supple and ready to perform the movements required by the test. It should…
Build A More Careful, Athletic Jump With Gridwork
A good jumping round is shaped long before horse and rider enter the arena. Rhythm, balance, straightness and confidence all influence how a horse approaches a…
Conditioning the Event Horse for the Long Format
Long-format eventing asks a horse to be more than fit enough for a single fast effort. The athlete must complete dressage with focus, cover sustained distance…
What to Pack in Your Eventing Competition Tack Box
A well-packed tack box keeps an eventing weekend orderly when the timetable moves quickly from dressage to cross-country and show jumping. The best setup is…
Five Essential Cross-Country Fences for Eventers
Cross-country is the phase that gives three-day eventing its distinctive rhythm: speed, accuracy, bravery and trust must work together over a course that…
Reading the Course on Foot Before You Ride It
The walk before a cross-country run is where most of the work actually happens. In eventing, riders often spend more time on the ground than in the saddle…
Building Rider Fitness For Eventing Dressage Phases
Eventing dressage asks a rider to look quiet while communicating a precise sequence of aids. Every transition, circle, halt and change of rein depends on…