Beginner Novice & Novice Cross-Country Schooling | Ashley Johnson | PART 01

Five-star eventer Ashley Johnson coaches Beginner Novice and Novice horse-and rider pairs during a cross-country schooling session. She discusses working through lack of confidence at a ditch, the importance of keeping the horse coming from the leg, and her philosophy on letting the horse have a break when difficulties arise. Ashley is a five-star eventer who also competes in dressage and jumping. She is a United States Eventing Association’s Eventing Coaches Program Level V coach, the Area III Young Rider Coach and a ‘r’ eventing judge and technical delegate. Ashley runs a breeding, training and sales business out of her farm in Ocala, Florida.