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Compared to riding cross country, show jumping is difficult for a lot of eventers. When you’re out on cross country, you have a chance to relax and get into the flow of the gallop, helping to establish a forward canter. Because you are riding at speed, then collecting for technical obstacles and then galloping again, your horse can engage his hind legs often. All of these things make it easier for him to jump well. In addition, the gallop tends to give a horse some footwork so that you can reorganize and engage him for each jump. Speed makes the horse’s feet move faster—then, it is our job in the approach to a fence or exercise to balance and organize fast feet into proper footwork. In show jumping, the fences…

Sinead Halpin is an international event rider and trainer and has been competing at the top levels of the sport since 1999. She was named to the United States Equestrian Team for the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, in 2014 aboard Manoir de Carneville, the USEF 2012 Horse of Honor. Aboard “Tate,” Sinead has had several top-10 results at the five-star level, most notably finishing third at Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in 2011, second at Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in 2012 and fourth at Rolex Kentucky in 2014. She and her husband, Tik Maynard, operate their training business out of Copperline Farm in Citra, Florida.…

In the early autumn, when temperatures begin to dip at night and we start dragging our own winter clothes out of storage, horse owners everywhere begin an obsessive daily debate: Does my horse need a blanket today? There are many blanketing options available, and numerous factors play into this decision, so you can easily drive yourself crazy trying to decide when to blanket and which blanket to use. To help preserve everyone’s sanity, we asked professional groom and stable manager Max Corcoran, who spent 11 years with Olympic eventers Karen and David O’Connor, to share her blanketing system. Her trick is to follow a few simple rules, set flexible guidelines and try not to overthink it. Unclipped Vs. Clipped Your horse’s blanketing needs depend on whether or not he’s been…