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Preparing for Competition
Learn how to prepare with purpose before competition and create the right conditions for you and your horse to perform at your best.
35 min
STEP 5
Show Strategy & Course Walk
Walk and map your course with purpose, plan every line and turn, and develop the independence to make confident decisions once you enter the ring.
GUIDED PATH
Start here
Build your competition strategy in order: learn how to walk the course, measure your lines, use your eyes earlier and make decisions independently.
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Build the Plan
Course Walk Strategy: Step-by-Step Planning for Your Round
Walk the course with a clear method: study the geometry, identify visual challenges, plan your canter resets and visualize the round.
02
Measure the Lines
Why Counting the Lines Is a Fundamental Skill Every Rider Needs
Learn how to measure distances on foot and translate metres into real canter strides so you enter every line knowing exactly what you want to ride.
03
Look Earlier
Why Most Riders Look Too Late and How Early Focus Transforms Your Turn
Learn to move your eyes toward the next question earlier so your body, trajectory and horse have time to organize the turn naturally.
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Make Your Own Decisions
Why Riders Need to Stop Relying on Their Trainer for Every Decision
Develop the independence to adapt when the original plan changes and make clear decisions without constantly waiting for your trainer.
MASTERCLASS
Where the insights become performance.
Turn key ideas into a stronger mindset for training and competition.
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EXTRA RESOURCE
Keep exploring
One more perspective to help you become a more independent rider and understand what your trainer is actually changing when they ride your horse.
Why Does Your Horse Feel Better After Your Trainer Rides It?
Your trainer’s ride can reset the horse, but that reset is temporary... Understand why your horse may feel better after your trainer rides it, why that correction is only temporary, and how to learn from the reset so you can reproduce the same clarity independently.