Video-What do You Think About When You Jump a Course?

I have recently discovered your blog and am REALLY enjoying reading your posts. I give multi-disciplinary lessons and can relate this 100% to barrel racing. What happens between and around each barrel is what creates success. Excellent horsemanship and an in-shape horse who can lengthen and shorten stride, bend and balance, can even win over a faster horse who lacks the control and coordination or good riding. The slow work is KEY. In teaching jumping I have riders ride over series of striped poles on the ground set as a course. They learn to ride the lines and curves and to use the arena effectively.