Discussion # 67: While I have taken lessons from many different Eventing trainers in my life, there were two that have had the greatest influence on my riding, and my career.
And these two have very different philosophies on how to best prepare horses and riders for the stress of competition. One would keep things fairly simple and within the rider's comfort zone in the final jumping schools, to keep horse and rider full of confidence. With this method, both horse and rider feel success with every exercise, which inspires confidence. The other trainer's method was to really push horse and rider in the final jumping lessons, with jumps even larger than those the rider will face in competition. And challenging them by doing difficult exercises that push them slightly out of their comfort zone. With this approach, both horse and rider get to the competiton and feel like the jumps they will have to tackle are almost easy compared to what they have been doing at home. Which approach do you like best and why? - Bonus points if you can guess who these two trainers are :) (Click on Discussion Title above (in blue) to join in on this discussion)
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