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Get your horse ready for challenge lines with small jumps in trots and canters. Learn to build and ride challenge courses from a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
There are 20 videos in this series:
Spotting the difficulty level of an equestrian challenge course is key before riding. Practice judging challenge courses with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Walking a challenge course on foot allows you to count strides and measure distance. Learn about setting up challenge courses from a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Keep your horse safe when jumping with proper tack and leg gear. Practice getting your horse ready for jumps with a riding instructor in this free challenge course video.
Ride your horse at a walk, trot, and canter to warm up muscles for jumps. Warm up your horse for challenge courses with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Taking your horse over a ground pole on a trot is a good warm up for challenge courses. Practice getting your horse ready for jumps with a riding instructor in this free challenge course video.
To warm up your horse, ride over a single canter pole a few times. Practice getting your horse ready for jumps with a riding instructor in this free challenge course video.
Set up cantering pole on an equestrian challenge course one stride apart. Practice riding challenge lines with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Keep your horse at an even trot rhythm when jumping a single fence. Practice equestrian challenge courses with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Ride your horse with even canter strides when jumping a single fence. Practice equestrian challenge courses with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Start your horse at a trot but land the first jump cantering. Practice riding a simple challenge line with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Count your horse's strides as you trot into the first jump and land cantering. Practice riding a simple challenge line with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Take your horse through the equestrian challenge line initially at a canter. Practice cantering an entire challenge line with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Riding your horse through a challenge line in the opposite direction makes the line familiar. Practice cantering an entire challenge line with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Space jumps of varying heights to create an equestrian challenge course. Practice arranging challenge lines with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Training your horse to ride challenge lines can run into trouble spots. Learn how to handle horse trouble from a riding instructor in this free horse training video.
Adding and jumping an oxer in a challenge line makes an advanced jump. Practice oxers with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
Make sure your horse can handle a more difficult equestrian challenge course before jumping. Practice an advanced challenge course with a riding instructor in this free horse jumping video.
When your horse is ready, canter over all the jumps in your challenge course. Practice cantering the jumps with a riding instructor in this free equestrian video.
Difficult equestrian challenge courses can be hard on horses and trainers. Learn how to handle horse trouble from a riding instructor in this free horse training video.
Give your horse chance to cool down after hard jumping and learn to wrap your horse's legs after jumping from a riding instructor in this free equestrian video.
The horse has been used in warfare since as early as 4000 BCE. There is archaeological evidence in the steppes of Eurasia of fortified towns being built to defend against horse-riding bandits and raiders. In 1350 BCE, the Hittite tribe developed a written manual for successfully breeding and conditioning chariot horses. Thus, since before written history and throughout the recorded development of mankind, horses have been a powerful ally to victorious armies and successful agriculturalists. In Medieval Europe, the heavy armor of mounted knights required a new style of horses, strong like a draft horse but athletic like lighter breeds. The destrier, and lesser so the courser and rouncey, became the type (not breed) of horse that would fetch the highest price among nobles and elite military officers.
In this free equestrian video, experienced rider and trainer Mara Keith-Hunter teaches you how to ride a horse through challenge courses. You will learn a good warm up for your horse, including walks, trots, and canters, and how to start getting into jumps. Mara shows you each step in building a challenge course. She trots and canters over ground poles, uses small fences from both sides, and works into simple challenge lines. With experience, oxers can be added and trying a complete challenge course in full canter.
Mara Keith-Hunter Mara Keith-Hunter is a lifelong equestrian and head coach for the Hampshire College equestrian team. She rode in the Intercollegiate National Horse Show for both the University of Findlay and the University of Massachusetts on their English equestrian teams. Keith-Hunter received an associates degree in equine studies at the University of Findlay and a bachelor’s degree in equine business management at the University of Massachusetts. Part of the University of Findlay reserve national team two years in a row, Keith-Hunter individually earned both champion and reserve champion honors. Currently she teaches riding lessons and trains horses at Sycamore Stables in Amherst, Massachusetts.dkdk
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