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    Learn to be precise

    Mar 03, 2022 5 minutes
    WORDS: HELEN MILBANK
    PHOTOS: MATTHEW ROBERTS

    MEET THE TRAINER

    JOHN PAUL (JP) SHEFFIELD is an event rider, trainer and sports horse producer who is based in Leicestershire. Follow JP Sheffield Eventing on Facebook.

    MEET THE RIDER & HORSE

    GEORGE SIMON is riding JP’s five-year-old PS I Love You 2 (or Jerry to his friends), a 16hh Irish Sport Horse who has an exciting eventing career ahead of him.

    IT’S A COURSE-designer’s job to test both you and your horse, at varying degrees depending on the level of class you are tackling. In the showjumping arena, this can lead to some technical lines between fences which demand precision, commitment and skill — from both of you.

    In the last issue of (March 2022, issue 488), event rider John Paul (JP) Sheffield took us back to basics

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