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If you are looking for training tips to improve you and your horse’s performance, then Horse & Hound is here to help. Our training area includes videos and written advice to help riders across the disciplines at all levels.
Whether you are a dressage rider looking to pick up those vital extra marks, a showjumper struggling with jump-off turns or an eventer looking to eliminate those annoying time penalties on the cross-country, we have something for you.
We pick the brains of top riders and trainers across the disciplines to find those training gems that can make the difference between winning and being an also-ran. And there isn’t only advice for competitive riders, we also have advice on topics such as rider fitness and coping with nerves that every rider can benefit from.
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‘We want our horses to be the nicest at an event’: how business is booming for these young horse producers *H&H Plus*
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Starting young horses: the secrets to success from some of the industry’s best
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How to stop your horse rushing — and other training gems from Laura Tomlinson
Olympic gold medallist Laura Tomlinson shares some invaluable training tips and tricks to incorporate into your own schooling
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The ultimate exercise to get you and your horse on the ball before going eventing
Caroline Moore, former five-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how you can use this exercise to sharpen up both you and your horse before competition
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‘Like taking your horse to the gym’ — how this raised pole exercise could up your horse’s game
Caroline Moore, former five-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how you can use this exercise to develop your horse’s hoof/brain co-ordination
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Don’t get the cold shoulder: how to tackle a shoulder brush across country
Caroline Moore, former five-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how to tackle shoulder brushes across country
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Turn, baby, turn — how to teach your horse to turn over a fence onto a new line
Caroline Moore, former five-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how to teach a horse and rider to turn onto a new line over a fence
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Holding a straight line across country — the difference between success and failure
Caroline Moore, former five-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how to teach a horse to hold a line over and in between fences
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Caroline Moore: How to train your horse to jump an angled skinny fence
Caroline Moore, former five-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, we learn how to teach a horse how to jump this technical cross-country question
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Fancy footwork: how to get the most from your horse’s jumping canter
Caroline Moore, former five-star eventer and British Eventing national under-18 coach and junior team coach, explains how you can use this exercise to develop footwork in your horse’s canter
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#SundaySchool: how to improve rhythm over fences
Event rider and coach Nick Gauntlett explains how you can use poles to dictate the rhythm that will give horse and rider belief in their approach to a fence
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Sharp and snappy: gridwork with Gemma Tattersall *H&H Plus*
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Sarah Bullimore’s figure-of-eight jumping exercise for focus
The five-star eventer shows how the figure-of-eight jumping exercise can help develop balance, rhythm and the ability to land on the correct canter lead
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The Horse & Hound eTraining series sends targeted advice straight to users’ inboxes in order to help them stay motivated and achieve their goals at preliminary level dressage
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#SundaySchool: How to pick up the correct canter lead
Top showjumpier David Simpson shares some of his advice on how to pick up the correct canter lead
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#SundaySchool: How do I maintain impulsion in downward transitions?
Dressage rider Alice Oppenheimer explains how to keep a horse energetic and forward, even when slowing down
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#SundaySchool: controlling the canter with Jessica Mendoza
The international showjumper uses a canter-on-a-circle exercise to help develop balance and control, which can be used in the ring
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#SundaySchool: how to sit deep and still in canter
Five-star event rider Kate Honey shares her top tips on how to sit deep in a canter and in the other paces too
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What does Charlotte Dujardin do while schooling at home? We find out...
Learn more about how Charlotte trains her horses at home
