YOUR HORSE'S TRAINING JUMPING | NEGOTIATINGA COURSE
WHAT YOU'LL learn
ISSUES TO WORK ON TODAY
● How to avoid knocking down the first fence
●Maintaining a rhythm throughout a round
●What cangowrong while negotiating a course
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PART FOUR
PRIYA CROWTHER AND her chestnut mount, My Gypsy Gold (aka Amber), know each other inside out, and so they are in the enviable position of enjoying a great partnership in a showjumping arena, and as a result they are prolific rosette collectors.
“They are so fast during jump offs, but I'mjust trying to get themmore stylish and correct and I'mworking on honing Priya's technique so that she's really ready when shemoves up to horses,” explains their trainer, Pippa Allen.
Even themost proficient partnerships can have an Achilles’ heel, though, and for Priya and Amber this tends to be a sticky jump over the first fence.
“We need to try and get you as good over the first as you