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Fix it… TACKLING ANGLED combinations

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Nations Cup team regular ALEX BRAGG made his five-star eventing debut at Burghley in 2016 aboard Redpath Ransom. He went on to complete Badminton, Pau and Luhmühlen with former five-star ride Zagreb, who he retired in 2021. Alex was a reserve for Britain’s European Championship squad in 2017 and was longlisted for the FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon in 2018.

COURSE-BUILDERS WHO CONSTRUCT cross-country courses include angled combinations offind his way out again. Jumping for me is all about straight lines. While jumping fences on an angle can seem intimidating, riders actually have only one job: to pick their line and ride true to it. The jumps, which the horse is responsible for, are just in the middle. If both members of the duo stick to their job then the outcome should be a success.

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