Category: jumping
What to wear when you forget your costume . . .
Apparently, the answer is . . . . NOTHING! This rider was at a show jumping competition in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The class was supposed to a costume class, but the rider D. Ribot did not have a costume ready. The judge told him to compete naked (we can assume it was a joke). He did. […]
Read MoreLook at this little guy jump!
Can you imagine his scope if he were 16.2″?
Read MoreAndrew Nicholson makes Rolex look easy
You have to be a damn good rider to make Rolex look easy but that’s what Andrew Nicholson was able to do. After starting stadium with horses in first and second place, he kept the lead to win on the magnificent Spanish-bred gelding Quimbo. With this win, Nicholson is now in direct competition with William […]
Read MoreNow that’s power
Check out this video shot at the London Olympics. I’ve watched a lot of show jumping — at some big venues — but it’s a real treat to see horses jump so that they appear suspended in time and you can enjoy every second. Now, if they had only taken similar video of the cross […]
Read MoreEver drop your reins through a gymnastic?
Richard Spooner takes it to a whole new level at Spruce Meadows. When his horse got in wrong to the combination, he drops the reins and lets the horse sort himself out. I don’t know if I would have the presence of mind in such a situation (over appropriately sized fences for me). I’d probably […]
Read MoreTwo minutes to improve your jumping position
Greg Best really nails it in this short video. It’s so easy to do “do much” when you are jumping and so hard just to keep your body still and let the jump take care of itself.
Read MoreThe feeling of the perfect jump
There’s very little that compares to the feeling of nailing a jump — seeing the spot from a good distance back and riding forward into that spot so that each jump is right in stride. It’s exhilarating. It sounds easy. And sometimes it’s very difficult to achieve. Some days it seems like jumping is unbelievably […]
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