Ride cross-country confidently PART TWO
THERE’S AN ART to riding confidently cross-country, and it stems from two basic principles: nail the basics in your training and get yourself in the right frame of mind. You need to think positive, act positive and have an effective training programme that makes it easy to achieve lots of little wins until it all adds up to an unbeatable partnership with your horse.
Whether it’s your goal to make it round a hunter trial or take a leap up the affiliated levels, five-star event rider JP Sheffield is here to inject some common sense into proceedings with his simple, tried-and-tested training methods that will ensure you can tackle all manner of rider frighteners out on the course — and ride away smiling.
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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
● How to tackle ditches, water jumps and other rider frighteners
● Why slowing things down is key
● Easy ways to
