Jumping Exercise With 4 Jumps

Our ambassador, Rachael Skinner of Eventful Eventing, trying out a new jumping exercise!
Here's what she had to say about it...
"This exercise was great with Bailey. Bailey is one for locking up on a jump and ignoring what you’re asking of him, and once he has done something once, he thinks he knows what you’re going to ask, so just goes and does it anyway. Due to the amount of different angles and variations involved in this exercise, I found it really kept him on his toes and made him listen to where I wanted him to go. This can be quite daunting if you use large jump wings but it will really help you focus on keeping straight.
This is a great exercise where height does not matter - you can do this with cavalettis, jump blocks, or even jump wings - which makes it a good exercise for all types of horse, from ponies and dressage horses to eventers and all rounders.
Although this is an amazing exercise, I would not recommend doing this on a green/novice horse or if you lack confidence jumping. If you do lack confidence, I would suggest trying this with just 2 jumps."
To find out more about how to set up your jumps for this exercise, and how best to ride it, check out Rachael's full article on the Horsemart blog;
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