Horse & Rider Training Tips

Learn about the different styles of cross-country obstacle and how to ride them. Part Three covers Roofed, Ditch and Step Up fences

Why practising Pilates off the horse can only benefit your experience on the horse and the perfect video exercises to begin your routine

In this series of articles, we take a look through the different styles of cross-country obstacle, incorporating our video footage to help you achieve a faultless round. Part Two covers Angled, Corner and Skinny fences

Today, we are going to talk about Strength Training and Theory for riders - something you can take into account not only for yourself, but also very useful and relevant to inform training routines with your horses

In the first of this six-part series, Lil Wischer looks at what riders need to work on away from the horse to develop a physical training routine

Can’t see it? Can’t feel it? Or do you find you can meet the fences more easily on the cross-country versus the show jumping or vice versa? Let’s explore what seeing a stride truly is, and how to find it

Sprinters spend years shaving microseconds from their personal bests by concentrating on their starting tactics, so we asked cross country speed merchant, Chris Burton, to see if his Start Box tactics could rival those of Usain Bolt

Related Distances – the Wicked Stepmother or the Fairy Godmother in your show jumping round? Our training tips and exercises will help you breeze through the show jumping phase of your eventing competition

‘There’s something for everyone in these exercises’ says Dickie Waygood in the Dressage Unwrapped session with Pippa Funnell at Olympia 2019

Walking the cross country course is a vital part of a successful ride. Whatever level you compete at, ensure that you are making the most of your cross country walk with the help of our two-part article