Embrace your individual style

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TOM MCEWEN was a part of Britain’s gold medal-winning Olympic team in Tokyo, where he also netted individual silver. In 2018, he helped Britain to team gold at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon and he won the Pau CCI5* in France in 2019 — all riding Toledo de Kerser. Tom is an ambassador for Jump 4 Joy. Visit tommcewen.co.uk and showjumps.com.

IF YOU WATCH a class of different horses jump the same course of showjumps, you’ll notice how each one has their own style and way of going. Effective training and riding are all about treating the horse as an individual and being able to work out their strengths and weaknesses.

“With any horse I ride or train, I’m looking for straightness and rhythm,” says Tom McEwen, team gold and individual silver medallist in Tokyo. “If you as a rider can get everything under control, you can quickly build those two elements into the horse and improve